Health Effects of Emotional Disclosure in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-340

  Kelley, Jane E ^c   Lumley, Mark A ^b   Leisen, James C C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disclosure; Emotion; Inhibition; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0031180439     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.4.331     Document Type: Article

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