The moderating role of different sources of perceived social support on the dispositional optimismg-posttraumatic growth relationship in postoperative breast cancer patients

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1009-1020

  Bozo, Özlem ^a   Gündoǧdu, Elçin ^a   Büyükaşik Çolak, Canan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dispositional optimism; Perceived social support; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY;

EID: 70349783218     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309342295     Document Type: Article

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