Using problem-solving skills training to reduce negative affectivity in mothers of children with newly diagnosed cancer: Report of a multisite randomized trial

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 272-283

  Sahler, Olle Jane Z ^a,j   Phipps, Sean ^b   Mulhern, Raymond K ^b   Noll, Robert B ^c,k   Varni, James W ^d,l   Fairclough, Diane L ^e   Dolgin, Michael J ^f   Katz, Ernest R ^g   Copeland, Donna R ^h   Butler, Robert W ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^l TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; STRESS; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEACHING;

EID: 20144389796     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.272     Document Type: Article

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