Posttraumatic Growth and Health-related Quality of Life in a Racially Diverse Cohort of Breast Cancer Survivors

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-626

  Bellizzi, Keith M ^a   Smith, Ashley Wilder ^b   Reeve, Bryce B ^b   Alfano, Catherine M ^b   Bernstein, Leslie ^c   Meeske, Kathy ^d   Baumgartner, Kathy B ^b   Ballard Barbash, Rachel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Beckman Research Institute   (United States)

^d University of Lousiville   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Posttraumatic growth; Quality of life; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77952407999     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309356364     Document Type: Article

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