Well-being, posttraumatic growth and benefit finding in long-term breast cancer survivors

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-595

  Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,c   van de Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^b  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit finding; Breast cancer; Long term survivors; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SICK ROLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 70449559312     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440701671362     Document Type: Article

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