Comparison of a questionnaire commonly used for measuring coping with a daily-basis prospective coping measure

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 813-820

  Wasteson, Elisabet ^a   Glimelius, Bengt ^b,c   Sjödén, Per Olow ^a   Nordin, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Daily assessments; HADS; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; MAC; Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY COPING ASSESSMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33751420539     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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