Posttraumatic growth in cancer patients and partners - Effects of role, gender and the dyad on couples' posttraumatic growth experience

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Zwahlen, Diana ^a,b   Hagenbuch, Niels ^a   Carley, Margaret I ^c   Jenewein, Josef ^a   Buchi, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Private Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Couples; Oncology; Posttraumatic growth; PTGI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449088604     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1486     Document Type: Article

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