Personality traits and psychosocial stress: Quality of life over 2 years following breast cancer diagnosis and psychological impact factors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Härtl, Kristin ^a   Engel, Jutta ^b   Herschbach, Peter ^c   Reinecker, Hans ^d   Sommer, Harald ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress; Neuroticism; Oncology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; ORIENTATION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76049129610     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1536     Document Type: Article

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