Optimism, coping style and emotional well-being in cardiac patients

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-70

  Bedi, Gillinder ^a   Brown, Stephen L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 13944255802     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910704X15266     Document Type: Article

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