Intrusive thoughts and psychological adjustment to breast cancer: Exploring the moderating and mediating role of global meaning and emotional expressivity

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-149

  Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^a   Slater, Julie ^b   Fitzsimmons, Deborah ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Global meaning; Intrusive thoughts; Mediation; Moderation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THINKING;

EID: 77954888330     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-010-9191-6     Document Type: Article

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