The report of posttraumatic growth in Malaysian cancer patients: Relationships with psychological distress and coping strategies

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1239-1246

  Schroevers, Maya J ^a   Teo, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Cancer; Coping; Distress; Oncology; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049124954     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1366     Document Type: Article

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