Emotional expression and diurnal cortisol slope in women with metastatic breast cancer in supportive-expressive group therapy: A preliminary study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-198

  Giese Davis, Janine ^a   DiMiceli, Sue ^a   Sephton, Sandra ^b   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer support group; Emotion coding; Emotion regulation; Emotional expression

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVENESS; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REPRESSION; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745932909     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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