Unmitigated Agency, Social Support, and Psychological Adjustment in Men With Cancer

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-276

  Hoyt, Michael A ^a   Stanton, Annette L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79952677982     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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