A revaluation of the adaptiveness of avoidant and vigilant coping with surgery

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 711-717

  De Groot, Karina I ^a   Boeke, Saskia ^a   Bonke, Benno ^a   Passchier, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptiveness; Controllability; Coping; Situational condition; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031532501     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449708407416     Document Type: Article

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