Self-control, anxiety, and loneliness in siblings of children with cancer

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-83

  Hamama, Rachel ^a   Ronen, Tammie ^a   Feigin, Rena ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Loneliness; Self control skills; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; SIBLING; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033841966     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v31n01_05     Document Type: Article

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