Effects of global meaning and illness-specific meaning on health outcomes among breast cancer patients

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 364-377

  Sherman, Allen C ^a   Simonton, Stephanie ^a   Latif, Umaira ^a   Bracy, Lew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit seeking; Cancer; Found benefits; Found sense; Global meaning; Illness related meaning; Quality of life; Sense seeking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957566404     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9267-7     Document Type: Article

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