Coping with a chronic pediatric health condition and health-related quality of life

European Psychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-56

  Petersen, Corinna ^a   Schmidt, Silke ^a   Bullinger, Monika ^a   Quittan, Michael ^a,b   Schuhfried, Othmar ^a,b   Nourafza, Rima ^a,b   Simeoni, Marie Claude ^a,c   Orbicini, Delphine ^a,c   Debensason, David ^a,c   Thyen, Ute ^a,d   Müller Godeffroy, Estner ^a,d   Vidalis, Atnanasios ^a,e   Tsanakas, John ^a,e   Hatziagorou, Elpis ^a,e   Karagianni, Paraskevi ^a,e   Koopman, Hendrik ^a,f   Baars, Rolanda ^a,f   Chaplin, John Eric ^a,g   Power, Mick ^a,h   Atherton, Clare ^a,h   Hoare, Peter ^a,h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c University Hospital of Marseille   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e Hippocratio Hospital   (Greece)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Chronic health condition; Coping; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644895198     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.11.1.50     Document Type: Review

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