Predictors of the process of coping in surgical patients

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 947-960

  Sørlie, Tore ^a   Sexton, Harold C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Demographic factors; Emotional symptoms; Personality factors; Prediction; Process; Psychosocial factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037624432     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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