Anticipated stigma and quality of life among people living with chronic illnesses

Chronic Illness

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-88

  Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a   Quinn, Diane M ^b   Park, Crystal L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

anticipated stigma; Chronic illness; quality of life; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATH ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861020738     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395311429393     Document Type: Article

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