Cancer patients' experience of positive and negative changes due to the illness: Relationships with psychological well-being, coping, and goal reengagement

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Schroevers, Maya J ^a   Kraaij, Vivian ^b   Garnefski, Nadia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cancer; coping; oncology; posttraumatic growth; psychological adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251585969     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1718     Document Type: Article

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