A preliminary study of peritraumatic dissociation, social support, and coping in relation to posttraumatic stress symptoms for a parent's cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1093-1098

  Wong, Melisa ^a   Looney, Elizabeth ^a,b   Michaels, Jennifer ^a,b   Palesh, Oxana ^a   Koopman, Cheryl ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Dissociation; Parent; Posttraumatic stress; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33845987027     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1041     Document Type: Article

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