The contribution of attachment security and social support to depressive symptoms in patients with metastatic cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1080-1091

  Rodin, Gary ^a,b,c   Walsh, Andrew ^a,b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,c   Gagliese, Lucia ^a,b,c,d   Jones, Jennifer ^a,b,c   Shepherd, Frances A ^a,c   Moore, Malcolm ^a,c   Braun, Michal ^e   Donner, Allan ^f   Mikulincer, Mario ^g  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Burden of illness; Cancer; Depression; Oncology; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 37349127437     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1186     Document Type: Article

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