Social Comparison and Affiliation under Threat: Effects on Recovery from Major Surgery

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 967-979

  Kulik, James A ^a   Mahler, Heike I M ^a,b   Moore, Philip J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030279377     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.5.967     Document Type: Article

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