Preoperative anxiety, coping, and intraoperative adjustment: Are there mediating effects of stress-induced analgesia?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-271

  De Bruin, Judith T ^a   Schaefer, Matthias K ^c   Krohne, Heinz W ^b   Dreyer, Alexander ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anxiety; Coping; Perioperative adjustment; Stress induced analgesia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344322524     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440108405505     Document Type: Article

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