Optimism versus pessimism predicts the quality of women's adjustment to early stage breast cancer

Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1213-1220

  Carver, Charles S ^a   Pozo‐Kaderman, Christina ^b   Harris, Suzanne D ^a   Noriega, Victoria ^a   Scheier, Michael F ^c   Robinson, David S ^d   Ketcham, Alfred S ^d   Moffat, Frederick L ^d   Clark, Kimberley C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; personality; psychological well being; psychosocial sequelae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0028079604     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940215)73:4<1213::AID-CNCR2820730415>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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