Illness cognitions as a pathway between religiousness and subjective health in chronic cardiac patients

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptation to chronic illness; Cardiac patients; Illness cognitions; Religiousness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE;

EID: 77950219753     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309347585     Document Type: Article

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