Causal Attributions Predict Rate of Immune Decline in HIV-Seropositive Gay Men

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 485-493

  Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a   Taylor, Shelley E ^a   Kemeny, Margaret E ^a   Reed, Geoffrey M ^a   Visscher, Barbara R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; HIV; Immune decline; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030279016     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.6.485     Document Type: Article

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