Illness representations and coping following an abnormal colorectal cancer screening result

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1465-1474

  Orbell, Sheina ^a   O'Sullivan, Ian ^a   Parker, Ron ^b   Steele, Bob ^c   Campbell, Christine ^d   Weller, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Colorectal cancer; Coping; Faecal occult blood test (FOBT); Illness representations; Screening; Self regulation theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANCER; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE; TESTING METHOD;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50949102573     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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