The effects of expressive writing on adjustment to HIV

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-26

  Rivkin, Inna D ^a   Gustafson, Julie ^a   Weingarten, Ilene ^b   Chin, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing; Expressive writing; Health; Human immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SALIVA; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 33645374338     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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