Life context and the experience of chronic illness: Is the stress of life associated with illness perceptions and coping?

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-412

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a   Karamvakalis, Nikolaos ^b   Zarogiannos, Aristides ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NIMITS Hospital   (Greece)

^c 401 Army Hospital of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping; Illness perceptions; Life stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72149123191     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1252     Document Type: Article

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