The mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale: Re-analysis of its psychometric properties in a sample of 160 mixed cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 792-797

  Hulbert Williams, Nicholas J ^a   Hulbert Williams, Lee ^b   Morrison, Val ^c   Neal, Richard D ^d   Wilkinson, Clare ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adjustment; cancer; Mini MAC; oncology; psychometric; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863464017     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1994     Document Type: Article

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