Daily Support in Couples Coping With Early Stage Breast Cancer: Maintaining Intimacy During Adversity

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-673

  Belcher, Amber J ^a   Laurenceau, Jean Philippe ^a   Graber, Elana C ^a   Cohen, Lawrence H ^a   Dasch, Kimberly B ^a   Siegel, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Daily diary methods; Intimacy; Multilevel modeling; Support

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 82055165947     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024705     Document Type: Article

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