Meaning in life mediates the relationship between social and physical functioning and distress in cancer survivors

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-381

  Jim, Heather S ^a   Andersen, Barbara L ^b,c  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34547775172     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X128278     Document Type: Article

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