Benefits of the uncertainty management intervention for African American and white older breast cancer survivors: 20-Month outcomes

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-294

  Gil, Karen M ^a   Mishel, Merle H ^b   Belyea, Michael ^b,d   Germino, Barbara ^b   Porter, Laura S ^c   Clayton, Margaret ^b,e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survivorship; Personal growth; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED MEASURE DESIGN; TELEPHONE; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANUALS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE; SURVIVORS; TAPE RECORDING; TELEPHONE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33846924978     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1304_3     Document Type: Article

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