When mom or dad has cancer: II. Coping, cognitive appraisals, and psychological distress in children of cancer patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-175

  Compas, Bruce E ^a   Ey, Sydney ^c   Worsham, Nancy L ^b   Howell, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Parental cancer; Psychological adjustment; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030139991     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.3.167     Document Type: Article

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