Post-traumatic growth: Finding positive meaning in cancer survivorship moderates the impact of intrusive thoughts on adjustment in younger adults

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1139-1147

  Park, Crystal L ^a   Chmielewski, Jennifer ^b   Blank, Thomas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

health related quality of life; intrusive thoughts; post traumatic growth; psycho oncology; spiritual well being; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRUSIVE THOUGHT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL CARE; THINKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SICK ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349265006     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1680     Document Type: Article

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