Mismatches in social support and psychosocial adjustment to breast cancer

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-430

  Reynolds, Julie S ^a,b,c   Perrin, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Psychosocial adjustment; Social support

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 3042816832     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.4.425     Document Type: Article

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