Expression and ambivalence over expression of negative emotion: Psychometric analysis in the women's health initiative

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 5-18

  Michael, Yvonne L ^a,c   Perrin, Nancy ^b,c   Bowen, Deborah ^d   Cochrane, Barbara B ^d   Wisdom, Jennifer P ^a   Brzyski, Robert ^e   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence over the expression of emotions; Cancer prone personality; Expression of negative emotion; Postmenopausal women; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 23244462471     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v17n01_02     Document Type: Article

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