Personal control over the cure of breast cancer: Adaptiveness, underlying beliefs and correlates

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 525-534

  Henselmans, Inge ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Helgeson, Vicki S ^b   De Vries, Jakob ^a   Smink, Ans ^a   Ranchor, Adelita V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Illusions; Oncology; Personal control; Psychological adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 77951141030     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1599     Document Type: Article

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