A Prospective Study of Age Differences in Consequences of Emotional Control in Women Referred to Clinical Mammography

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-372

  Mehlsen, Mimi ^a   Jensen, Anders Bonde ^b   Christensen, Søren ^b   Pedersen, Christina Gundgaard ^a   Lassesen, Berit ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

age differences; coping; emotional control; life span theory of control; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66549115679     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015188     Document Type: Article

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