Posttraumatic growth in cancer: Reality or illusion?

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Sumalla, Enric C ^a,b   Ochoa, Cristian ^b   Blanco, Ignacio ^b  

^a Servicio de Farmacia   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benefit finding; Positive psychology; Posttraumatic growth; Stress related growth; Trauma; World assumptions

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; THREAT; WELLBEING;

BODY IMAGE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57549091185     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2008.09.006     Document Type: Review

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