Close relationships and emotional processing predict decreased mortality in women with breast cancer: Preliminary evidence

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Weihs, Karen L ^a,d   Enright, Timothy M ^b   Simmens, Samuel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Breast cancer; Emotion processing; Marital quality; Social support; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38149006962     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815c25cf     Document Type: Article

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