The impact of social and personal resources on psychological distress in women at risk for hereditary breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Den Heijer, Mariska ^a   Vos, Joël ^b   Seynaeve, Caroline ^a   Vanheusden, Kathleen ^a   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^a   Tilanus Linthorst, Madeleine ^a   Menke Pluymers, Marian B E ^a   Tibben, Aad ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breast cancer; oncology; psychological distress; self concept; self esteem; social resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL RESOURCE QUESTIONNAIRE; PROPHYLAXIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 84856273244     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1879     Document Type: Article

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