Cardiac patient-spouse dissimilarities in illness perception: Associations with patient self-rated health and coping strategies

Psychology and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-463

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a   Zarogiannos, Aristeides ^b   Karamvakalis, Nikolaos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b 401 Army Hospital   (Greece)

^c NIMITS Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac patients; Coping; Illness perception dissimilarities; Illness perceptions; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES;

EID: 77951167965     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440802652089     Document Type: Article

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