Psychological adjustment to spinal cord injury: The contribution of coping, hope and cognitive appraisals

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-33

  Kennedy, Paul ^a   Evans, Matthew ^a   Sandhu, Navtej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisals; Hope; Psychological adjustment; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649120788     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500802001801     Document Type: Article

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