The roles of hope and optimism on posttraumatic growth in oral cavity cancer patients

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-124

  Ho, Samuel ^a   Rajandram, Rama Krsna ^a,b   Chan, Natalie ^a   Samman, Nabil ^a   McGrath, Colman ^a   Zwahlen, Roger Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping processes; Hope; Optimism; Oral cancer; Oral cavity cancer; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOUTH CANCER; OPTIMISM; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79551682155     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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