The role of appearance investment in the adjustment of women with breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 959-966

  Moreira, Helena ^a   Silva, Sónia ^a   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Appearance investment; Breast cancer; Motivational salience; Self evaluative salience

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77956239904     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1647     Document Type: Article

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