Traumatic stress, life events, and emotional support in women with metastatic breast cancer: Cancer-related traumatic stress symptoms associated with past and current stressors

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 555-560

  Butler, Lisa D ^a   Koopman, Cheryl ^b   Classen, Catherine ^b   Spiegel, David ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Avoidance; Breast cancer; Emotional support; Intrusion; Life events; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032758928     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.6.555     Document Type: Article

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