Emotional suppression tendencies as predictors of symptoms, mood, and coping appraisals during AC chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-29

  Schlatter, Melanie C ^a   Cameron, Linda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Emotion regulation; Emotional control; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANGER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEPRESSION; DOXORUBICIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77955270029     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-010-9204-6     Document Type: Article

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