Everyday experiences of women posttreatment after breast cancer: The role of uncertainty, hassles, uplifts, and coping on depressive symptoms

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-379

  Taha, Sheena Aislinn ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coping; daily hassles; daily uplifts; depressive symptoms; intolerance of uncertainty; posttreatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861357910     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.664259     Document Type: Article

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