Case Study: The Career Life Process after Treatment of Breast Cancer Survivors

Zulfah Purwina, Dian Sawitri

2021

Abstract

This study is a qualitative research with case study data analysis which aims to see the pattern of career life processes of breast cancer survivors after treatment. Subjects in this study are two people who are middle- aged women, working women, and have been declared cured of breast cancer taken by purposive sampling technique. Data collection is taken by interview and observation method. The results of the interview show that the two subjects have different patterns of life processes in interpreting career resilience that proved by the appearing of four concepts from the results of case study analysis namely social support, self-management, self-acceptance and optimism. The conclusion is that every cancer survivor has a different career resilience experience because of the different patterns of life processes. Recommendations for scientific development referring to research results are expected to be able to make psychosocial intervention steps for breast cancer survivors who want to continue their careers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Purwina Z. and Sawitri D. (2021). Case Study: The Career Life Process after Treatment of Breast Cancer Survivors. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche, ISBN 978-989-758-580-7, pages 5-13. DOI: 10.5220/0010808100003347

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icpsyche21,
author={Zulfah Purwina and Dian Sawitri},
title={Case Study: The Career Life Process after Treatment of Breast Cancer Survivors},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche,},
year={2021},
pages={5-13},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010808100003347},
isbn={978-989-758-580-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche,
TI - Case Study: The Career Life Process after Treatment of Breast Cancer Survivors
SN - 978-989-758-580-7
AU - Purwina Z.
AU - Sawitri D.
PY - 2021
SP - 5
EP - 13
DO - 10.5220/0010808100003347