The adaptive role of perceived control before and after cancer diagnosis: A prospective study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1825-1831

  Ranchor, Adelita V ^a   Wardle, Jane ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^b   Henselmans, Inge ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cancer; Coping; Distress; Mastery; Perceived control; Prospective study; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PERCIEVED CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLE CHANGE; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77952545234     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.069     Document Type: Article

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