Couples' Adjustment to Breast Disease during the First Year Following Diagnosis

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-136

  Northouse, Laurel ^a   Templin, Tom ^b   Mood, Darlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Distress; Family; Psychosocial adjustment; Stress coping

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035317393     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010772913717     Document Type: Article

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