Maladaptive coping strategies and injury-related distress following traumatic physical injury

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 408-415

  Victorson, David ^a   Farmer, Lorie ^b   Burnett, Kent ^b   Ouellette, Anne ^b,c   Barocas, Joshua ^a  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Distress; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 28544436319     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.50.4.408     Document Type: Article

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