Posttraumatic growth among cancer patients in India

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Thombre, Avinash ^a   Sherman, Allen C ^b   Simonton, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Culture; India; Perspective transformation; Posttraumatic growth; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949267726     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-009-9229-0     Document Type: Article

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