Stress, social support and negative affectivity in children with newly diagnosed cancer: A prospective transactional analysis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-278

  Varni, James W ^a,c   Katz, Ernest R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031455950     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199712)6:4<267::AID-PON277>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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