Personality correlates of patients' subjective well-being after surgery for colorectal cancer: An application of the five-factor model

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 61-72

  Courneya, Kerry S ^a   Bobick, Todd M ^a   Rhodes, Ryan E ^a   Jones, Lee W ^a   Friedenreich, Christine M ^b   Arthur, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Division of Epidemiology Prevention and Screening   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Neuroticism; Personality; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034502675     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v18n04_04     Document Type: Article

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