Adjustment of Children With Cancer and Their Caregivers: Moderating Influences of Family Functioning

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-276

  Fuemmeler, Bernard F ^c   Brown, Ronald T ^a   Williams, Laura ^b   Barredo, Julio ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0142135409     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.21.3.263     Document Type: Article

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