Spousal Support and Changes in Distress Over Time in Couples Coping With Cancer: The Role of Personal Control

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-318

  Dagan, Meirav ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Schokker, Marike C ^b   Wiggers, Theo ^a   Baas, Peter C ^b   van Haastert, Michiel ^b   Hagedoorn, Mariët ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress; Dyadic coping; Longitudinal; Mastery; Personal control; Spousal support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME;

EID: 79955043464     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022887     Document Type: Article

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