The impact of invisible illness on identity and contextual age across the life span

Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-347

  Kundrat, Amanda L ^a   Nussbaum, Jon F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESPAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; AGING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN RELATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGING; COMMUNICATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042423441     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1503_5     Document Type: Article

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