Approach and avoidance coping and regulatory focus in patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-924

  Bergvik, Svein ^a   Sørlie, Tore ^a   Wynn, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

chronic illness; clinical health psychology; coping; coronary artery disease; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY;

EID: 77956962613     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309359542     Document Type: Article

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