Optimism, pessimism, and depressive symptoms in spouses of lung cancer patients

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 565-578

  Pinquart, Martin ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregivers; Depression; Psycho oncology; Psychological resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144478947     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440412331337101     Document Type: Article

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