Religious coping and depression among spouses of people with lung cancer

Psychosomatics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 456-463

  Abernethy, Alexis D ^a,b,c   Chang, H Theresa ^a,b,c   Seidlitz, Larry ^a,b,c   Evinger, James S ^a,b,c   Duberstein, Paul R ^a,b,c  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036842422     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.43.6.456     Document Type: Article

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