Unmitigated Communion and Adjustment to Breast Cancer: Associations and Explanations

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1643-1661

  Helgeson, Vicki S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0348199183     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01967.x     Document Type: Article

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