Appraisals, coping responses, and attributions as predictors of individual differences in negative emotions among pediatric cancer patients

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-473

  Burgess, Ellen S ^a   Haaga, David A F ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anger; Appraisals; Attributions; Cancer; Depression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031741071     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018721615712     Document Type: Article

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