Effects of the source of social comparison information on former cancer patients' quality of life

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 667-681

  Brakel, Thecla M ^a   Dijkstra, Arie ^b   Buunk, Abraham P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84866016663     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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