Dispositional Pessimism Predicts Illness-related Disruption of Social and Recreational Activities Among Breast Cancer Patients

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 813-821

  Carver, Charles S ^a,b   Lehman, Jessica M ^a,b   Antoni, Michael H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038335198     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.813     Document Type: Article

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