Cancer-related communication between female patients and male partners scale: A pilot study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 780-794

  Kornblith, Alice B ^a   Regan, Meredith M ^a   Kim, Youngmee ^b   Greer, Greta ^b   Parker, Beverly ^c   Bennett, Samantha ^a   Winer, Eric ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Y ME National Breast Cancer Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Couples; Oncology; Quality of life; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33748772229     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1004     Document Type: Article

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