Perceived stress management skill mediates the relationship between optimism and positive mood following radical prostatectomy

Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 220-222

  Penedo, Frank J ^a,b   Dahn, Jason R ^b   Gonzalez, Jeffrey S ^b   Molton, Ivan ^b   Carver, Charles S ^b   Antoni, Michael H ^a   Roos, Bernard A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimism; Positive mood; Prostate cancer; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0346634893     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.2.220     Document Type: Article

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