Adaptive style in children with cancer: Implications for a positive psychology approach

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1055-1066

  Phipps, Sean ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive style; Benefit finding; Childhood cancer; Optimism; Positive psychology; Repression; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 35448936854     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm060     Document Type: Review

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