The effects of dyadic strength and coping styles on psychological distress in couples faced with prostate cancer

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-52

  Banthia, Rajni ^a   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^a,b   Varni, James W ^c,d   Ko, Celine M ^a   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,c   Greenbergs, Helen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Distress; Marital dyadic functioning; Prostate cancer; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICK ROLE; SPOUSES;

EID: 0037288009     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021743005541     Document Type: Article

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