Does dispositional optimism predict psychological responses to counseling for familial breast cancer?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-254

  Norman, Paul ^a   Brain, Kate ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Breast cancer worries; Counseling; Dispositional optimism; Perceived risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERAMENT; WALES;

EID: 34547941786     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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