The effects of journaling for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1075-1082

  Smith, Susan ^a   Anderson Hanley, Cay ^a   Langrock, Adela ^b   Compas, Bruce ^c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleviating anxiety and depression; Breast cancer; Coping with cancer; Expressive writing; Journaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMBOLISM; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 29644446137     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.912     Document Type: Article

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