Effects of surgery type and attention focus on children's coping

Nursing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 245-252

  LaMontagne, Lynda L ^a   Hepworth, Joseph T ^a   Cohen, Frances ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Coping; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARIZONA; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0034267131     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200009000-00003     Document Type: Article

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