Posttraumatic growth and PTSD symptomatology among colorectal cancer survivors: A 3-month longitudinal examination of cognitive processing

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-41

  Salsman, John M ^a   Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^b   Brechting, Emily H ^b   Carlson, Charles R ^b   Andrykowski, Michael A ^b  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cognitive processing; Oncology; Posttraumatic growth; Psychological adjustment; PTSD symptomatology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COGNITION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 64249084746     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1367     Document Type: Article

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