Well-being following amputation: Salutary effects of positive meaning, optimism, and control

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-302

  Dunn, Dana S ^a  

^a MORAVIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030428691     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.41.4.285     Document Type: Article

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