Support group membership and perceptions of control over health in HIV+ men

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-252

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   McKenna, Lynda ^b   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0030899543     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199704)53:3<249::AID-JCLP8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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