Age, self-efficacy, and change in patients' adjustment to cancer

Cancer Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 170-176

  Lev, Elise L ^a   Paul, Diane ^b   Owen, Steven V ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fortune Group International Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Psychosocial oncology; Self care; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032801646     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1999.74004.x     Document Type: Article

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