Suppression, repressive-defensiveness, restraint, and distress in metastatic breast cancer: Separable or inseparable constructs?

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 417-449

  Giese Davis, Janine ^a   Spiegel, David ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SICK ROLE; STRESS;

EID: 0039296658     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00151     Document Type: Article

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