Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups

American Psychologist

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-217

  Davison, Kathryn P ^b   Pennebaker, James W ^c   Dickerson, Sally S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Humane Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034133164     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.2.205     Document Type: Article

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