Self-transformation as a factor in the self-esteem and well-being of breast cancer survivors

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1402-1411

  Carpenter, Janet S ^a,d   Brockopp, Dorothy Y ^b   Andrykowski, Michael A ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Growth; Measure triangulation; Method triangulation; Psychosocial adjustment; Self; Self esteem; Survivorship; Transition; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033141770     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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