Enhanced wound healing after emotional disclosure intervention

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Weinman, John ^a   Ebrecht, Marcel ^a   Scott, Suzanne ^a   Walburn, Jessica ^a   Dyson, Mary ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONELINESS; MALE; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOUND HEALING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 39649108010     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X251207     Document Type: Article

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