Partner support and distress in women with breast cancer: The role of patients' awareness of support and level of mastery

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-455

  Hinnen, Chris ^a   Ranchor, Adelita V ^a   Baas, Pieter C ^b   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Hagedoorn, Mariët ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active engagement; Invisible support; Longitudinal; Protective buffering; Relationship focused coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 70449576157     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440801919513     Document Type: Article

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