Sexual Adjustment and Body Image Scale (SABIS): A new measure for breast cancer patients

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-290

  Dalton, E Jane ^b   Rasmussen, Valaire Naisbitt ^a,c   Classen, Catherine C ^d   Grumann, Mareile ^e   Palesh, Oxana Gronskaya ^c   Zarcone, Julia ^f   Kraemer, Helena C ^c   Kirshner, Jeffrey J ^g   Colman, Lauren K ^h   Morrow, Gary R ⁱ   Spiegel, David ^c  

^a Women's College Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Psychosocial Therapy Center for Women Die Insel   (Germany)

^f Center for Consciousness Studies   (United States)

^g Central New York Community Clinical Oncology Program   (United States)

^h Northwest Community Clinical Oncology Program   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Scale development; Sexual adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS INTRUSIVENESS RATINGS SCALE; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT AND BODY IMAGE SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 65549083035     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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