Playing the game: Psychological factors in surviving cancer

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-36

  Rom, Stephen A ^a   Miller, Laurence ^a   Peluso, Jennifer ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Health psychology; Mental toughness training; Resilience; Sports psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT; SURVIVOR;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPORTS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67650865901     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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