Understanding religious and spiritual influences on adjustment to cancer: Individual patterns and differences

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-561

  Kristeller, Jean L ^a   Sheets, Virgil ^a   Johnson, Tom ^a   Frank, Betsy ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cluster analysis; Depression; Negative Religious Coping; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 82755161806     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9335-7     Document Type: Article

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