Emotional suppression and breast cancer: Validation research on the spanish Adaptation of the courtauld emotional control scale (CECS)

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 406-417

  Durá, Estrella ^a   Andreu, Yolanda ^a   Galdón, Maria José ^a   Ibáñez, Elena ^a   Pérez, Sandra ^a   Ferrando, Maite ^a   Murgui, Sergio ^a   Martínez, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CECS; Emotional control; Emotional distress; Emotional suppression; Psychosomatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952665103     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600003966     Document Type: Article

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