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Attachment and autobiographical memory of patients who had received head and neck cancer surgery
Thesis project in health psychology that focuses on the autobiographical memory of people who have undergone surgery for head and neck cancer. Among other things, this research aims to explore the identity aspects and the type of attachment of these patients.
Head and neck cancers remain little studied in the field of health psychology despite the physical and psychological impacts on patients. The treatments related to these types of cancers lead to heavy consequences for people such as an alteration of body image and identity, a feeling of discontinuity, social isolation and great psychological distress.
This research aims to explore the autobiographical memory of people who have undergone head and neck cancer surgery using two standardized methodologies: life stories and self-defining memories. The objective would be to show whether the memory of these individuals presents certain specificities compared to a group of individuals from the general population. In addition, this research aims to understand whether a variable such as the type of "secure" attachment can be a protective factor facing an aversive event such as head and neck cancer surgery. To conclude, this research aims to improve the support of people who have undergone head and neck cancer surgery.
In conclusion, this research aims to improve the support of people who have received head and neck cancer surgery.
