The role of attachment dimensions and perceived social support in predicting adjustment to cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1045-1052

  Cicero, Viviana ^a   Lo Coco, Gianluca ^a   Gullo, Salvatore ^a   Lo Verso, Girolamo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxious attachment; Cancer; Oncology; Psychological adjustment; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70449369870     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1390     Document Type: Article

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