Psychological adjustment among African American breast cancer patients: One-year follow-up results of a randomized psychoeducational group intervention

Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 316-323

  Taylor, Kathryn L ^a   Lamdan, Ruth M ^b   Siegel, Jamie E ^c   Shelby, Rebecca ^a,e   Moran Klimi, Karen ^d   Hrywna, Mary ^a,f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast cancer; Psychoeducational support group; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MOOD; NEGRO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038629465     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.3.316     Document Type: Article

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