Coping strategies used by people with spinal cord injury: A qualitative study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 832-837

  Babamohamadi, H ^a,b   Negarandeh, R ^a   Dehghan Nayeri, N ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

content analysis; coping strategies; Iran; qualitative research; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959862331     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.10     Document Type: Article

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