Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the mental adjustment to cancer scale in Dutch cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 742-749

  Braeken, Anna P B M ^a,b   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Watson, Maggie ^c   Houben, Ruud M A ^d   Gils, Francis C J M V ^d   Lechner, Lilian ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjustment to cancer; Cancer; MAC; Oncology; Psychological response; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SICK ROLE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77954167508     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1628     Document Type: Article

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