The relationship between illness attributes and attributional style in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Creswell, Cathy ^a   Chalder, Trudie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037350813     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466503762842057     Document Type: Article

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