A prospective longitudinal study investigating neuroticism and mastery as predictors of quality of life among Chinese gynecologic cancer survivors

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 931-941

  Lai, Beatrice P Y ^a,c   Tang, Catherine S K ^a,b   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cancer; Mastery; Neuroticism; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951722644     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9657-x     Document Type: Article

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