Sense of coherence and psychological outcomes in people with spinal cord injury: Appraisals and behavioural responses

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-621

  Kennedy, P ^a,b   Lude, P ^c,d,e   Elfstrom M L ^f   Smithson, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^e Psychological Psychotherapy ^*  (Switzerland)

^f MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955378363     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X478222     Document Type: Article

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