Short communication: Stress-related predictors of optimism in breast cancer survivors

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a   Karvelis, Spyridoula ^b   Argyropoulou, Katerina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Association of Women with Breast Cancer   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Illness related stress; Optimism; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548286869     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1132     Document Type: Article

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