Measuring multiple dimensions of perceived control in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-438

  Beckjord, Ellen Burke ^a   Glinder, Judith ^b   Langrock, Adela ^c   Compas, Bruce E ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b McCardell Bicentennial Hall 409 006 ^*  (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Perceived control; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; VERMONT;

EID: 70449587633     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440701832634     Document Type: Article

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