Openness to discuss cancer in the nuclear family: Scale, development, and validation

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-279

  Mesters, Ilse ^b   Van Den Borne, H ^c   Mccormick, L ^a   Pruyn, J ^c   De Boer, M ^c   Imbos, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Family; Measurement instrument; Openness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0030938201     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199705000-00010     Document Type: Article

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