Illness perceptions in Greek patients with cancer: A validation of the Revised-Illness Perception Questionnaire

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Giannousi, Zoe ^a   Manaras, Irene ^b   Georgoulias, Vassilis ^a   Samonis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; IPQ R; Oncology; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 75449102545     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1538     Document Type: Article

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