Social comparison processes, narrative mapping and their shaping of the cancer experience: A case study of an elite athlete

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 467-488

  Sparkes, Andrew C ^a   Pérez Samaniego, Víctor ^b   Smith, Brett ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

athlete; autobiography; cancer; death; narrative map; social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCALP; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATHLETES; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL NARRATIVES AS TOPIC; SCALP; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864796892     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459311428229     Document Type: Article

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