'Coping quite well with a few difficult bits': Living with disfigurement in early adolescence

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 731-740

  Prior, Jess ^a   O'Dell, Lindsay ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Early adolescence; Facial disfigurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACE DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACIAL INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 69049119210     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309338972     Document Type: Article

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