Body image and self-esteem in somatizing patients: Regular article

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-515

  Sertoz, Ozen O ^a,b   Doganavsargil, Ozge ^c   Elbi, Hayriye ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Healthy controls; Self esteem; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TURKEY;

EID: 68149084511     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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