Coping-related variables associated with individual differences in adjustment to cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Shapiro, Jeremy P ^a   McCue, Kathleen ^b   Heyman, Ellen N ^b   Dey, Tanujit ^c   Haller, Harold S ^d  

^a Psychological and Behavioral Consultants   (United States)

^b Gathering Place ^*  (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Coping

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77949566310     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347330903438883     Document Type: Article

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