Interpersonal Expectations, Social Support, and Adjustment to Chronic Illness

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 560-573

  Hatchett, Lena ^a   Friend, Ronald ^a   Symister, Petra ^a   Wadhwa, Nand ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031226303     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.560     Document Type: Article

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