The relationship of coping strategies, social support, and attachment style with posttraumatic growth in cancer survivors

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1033-1040

  Schmidt, Steven D ^a   Blank, Thomas O ^a   Bellizzi, Keith M ^a   Park, Crystal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment style; cancer; coping; meaning; social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866984011     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311429203     Document Type: Article

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