Causal attributions among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: Gender aspects and relation to depressive symptomatology

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Dunkel, Anne ^a   Kendel, Friederike ^a   Lehmkuhl, Elke ^a,b   Hetzer, Roland ^b   Regitz Zagrosek, Vera ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CABG; Causal attributions; Depression; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80755168033     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9324-x     Document Type: Article

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