Group-Based Therapies for Benefit Finding in Cancer

Trauma, Recovery, and Growth: Positive Psychological Perspectives on Posttraumatic Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 207-231

  Lechner, Suzanne C ^a   Stoelb, Brenda L ^b   Antoni, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress; Group based therapies; Precancer psychosocial functioning; Traumatic life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649101646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269718.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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