Religious beliefs, social support, self-efficacy and adjustment to cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1069-1079

  Howsepian, Barbara A ^a   Merluzzi, Thomas V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Religious beliefs; Self efficacy; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 70449397352     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1442     Document Type: Article

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