Oncology summer camp: Benefits of social comparison

Children's Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-314

  Meltzer, Lisa J ^a   Rourke, Mary T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 28944449834     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc3404_5     Document Type: Article

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