Causal attribution among cancer survivors of the 10 most common cancers

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-140

  Ferrucci, Leah M ^a   Cartmel, Brenda ^b   Turkman, Yasemin E ^a   Murphy, Maura E ^a   Smith, Tenbroeck ^c   Stein, Kevin D ^c   McCorkle, Ruth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution; cancer; causal beliefs; psychosocial; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; UTERUS CANCER;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79952608588     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.548445     Document Type: Article

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