Personality factors associated with psychological distress in testicular cancer survivors

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-355

  Siafaka, Vassiliki ^a   Hyphantis, Thomas N ^a   Alamanos, Ioannis ^a   Fountzilas, Georgios ^b   Skarlos, Demosthenis ^c   Pectasides, Demetrios ^d   Mavreas, Venetsanos ^a   Pavlidis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 46349091617     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802107958     Document Type: Article

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