Dispositional cancer worry: Convergent, divergent, and predictive validity of existing scales

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 470-489

  Jensen, Jakob D ^a   Bernat, Jennifer K ^b   Davis, Lashara A ^b   Yale, Robert ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; dispositional; oncology; scale validation; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; COGNITION; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISPOSITIONAL CANCER WORRY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; VALIDITY; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955935567     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.498459     Document Type: Article

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