Development and validation of measures of religious involvement and the cancer experience among African Americans

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-535

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a,e   Caplan, Lee ^b   Schulz, Emily ^c   Blake, Victor ^b   Southward, Vivian L ^d   Buckner, Ayanna V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Media for Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cancer; Coping; Instrument development; Quality of life; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 65349124112     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309103572     Document Type: Article

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