Cancer distress reduction with a couple-based skills training: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-252

  Heinrichs, Nina ^a   Zimmermann, Tanja ^b   Huber, Birgit ^c   Herschbach, Peter ^c   Russell, Daniel W ^d   Baucom, Donald H ^e  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Distress; Dyadic coping; Fear of progression; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863719311     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9314-9     Document Type: Article

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