Dyadic concordance among prostate cancer patients and their partners and health-related quality of life: Does it matter?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 651-666

  Merz, Erin L ^a   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^a,b,c   Koa, Celine M ^a,d   Sadler, Melody ^c   Kwack, Lisa ^c   Varnief, James W ^e,f   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^e TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Chronic illness; Coping; Prostate cancer; Spouses; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 80051619032     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870441003721251     Document Type: Article

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