Examining the links between perceived impact of breast cancer and psychosocial adjustment: The buffering role of posttraumatic growth

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-418

  Silva, Sónia Martins ^a   Moreira, Helena Cruz ^a   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Breast cancer; Buffer; Oncology; Posttraumatic growth; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859841624     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1913     Document Type: Article

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