Symptoms of post-traumatic stress in children with cancer: Does personality trump health status?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 992-1002

  Phipps, Sean ^a   Jurbergs, Nichole ^a   Long, Alanna ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive style; Anxiety; Childhood cancer; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 70449382840     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1496     Document Type: Article

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