Emotional expression and emotional recognition in breast cancer survivors: A controlled comparison

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 579-595

  Graves, Kristi D ^a   Schmidt, John E ^a   Bollmer, Julie ^a   Fejfar, Michele ^b   Langer, Shelby ^c   Blonder, Lee X ^a   Andrykowski, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b US General Accounting Office   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Controlled comparison; Emotional expression; Emotional recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144445004     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0887044042000334742     Document Type: Article

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