Social support as a mediator of optimism and distress in breast cancer survivors

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 805-811

  Trunzo, Joseph J ^a   Pinto, Bernardine M ^a  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0042304091     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.71.4.805     Document Type: Article

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