Actual Change and Inaccurate Recall Contribute to Posttraumatic Growth Following Radiotherapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 811-819

  Ransom, Sean ^a,b   Sheldon, Kennon M ^c   Jacobsen, Paul B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; intrinsic valuing orientation; posttraumatic growth; temporal comparisons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PROSTATE CANCER; RECALL;

EID: 54849422817     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013270     Document Type: Article

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