Religious commitment, religious coping and anxiety: A study in German patients with breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-370

  Zwingmann, C ^a   Muller C ^a   Korber J ^b   Murken, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b Rehabilitation Center Nahetal   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Germany; Religious commitment; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 48249155406     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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