Coping strategies and predictors of general well-being in women with breast cancer in the People's Republic of China

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Li, Jingzhi ^a   Lambert, Vickie A ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese women; Coping strategies; Demographic characteristics; General well being

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CHINA; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING STRATEGY QUESTIONNAIRE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547844352     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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