Not all negative emotions are equal: The role of emotional expression in online support groups for women with breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-168

  Lieberman, Morton A ^a   Goldstein, Benjamin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computer text analysis; Expression of negative emotions; Internet; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 32544446727     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.932     Document Type: Article

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