Correlates of participation in a breast cancer support group

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-275

  Stevens, Michael J ^a   Duttlinger, Jorie E ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campus Box 4620 ^*

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Support group

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032170907     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00296-1     Document Type: Article

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