Self- and parental perspectives on quality of life in children with cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 35-47

  De Bolle, Marleen ^a   De Clercq, Barbara ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^a   Benoit, Yves ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Five Factor Model; Personality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIERARCHICAL PERSONALITY INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 39749108927     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v26n02_03     Document Type: Article

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