Curvilinear associations between benefit finding and psychosocial adjustment to breast cancer

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 828-840

  Lechner, Suzanne C ^a,c   Carver, Charles S ^b   Antoni, Michael H ^a,b   Weaver, Kathryn E ^b,d   Phillips, Kristin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit finding; Breast cancer; Growth; Psychosocial adjustment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33749585567     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.828     Document Type: Article

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