Psychological and Physical Adjustment to Breast Cancer over 4 Years: Identifying Distinct Trajectories of Change

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Helgeson, Vicki S ^a   Snyder, Pamela ^a   Seltman, Howard ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment to breast cancer; Personal resources; Quality of life; Social resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 1642539095     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.1.3     Document Type: Article

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