Relationship among optimism, well-being, self-transcendence, coping, and social support in women during treatment for breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 716-726

  Matthews, Ellyn E ^a   Cook, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Emotional well being; Optimism; Psychological distress; Self transcendence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67749127619     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1461     Document Type: Article

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