Socioeconomic status differences in coping with a stressful medical procedure

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-276

  Simon, Alice E ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer; Colorectal cancer; Distress; Psychologic well being; Screening; SES; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 15744393414     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000155665.55439.53     Document Type: Article

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