Optimism, pessimism, and change of psychological well-being in cancer patients

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-432

  Pinquart, Martin ^a,b   Fröhlich, Cornelia ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Haus 1 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Optimism; Pessimism; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34447339104     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500601084271     Document Type: Article

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