Cancer survivors' responses to daily stressors: Implications for quality of life

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-370

  Costanzo, Erin S ^a   Stawski, Robert S ^b   Ryff, Carol D ^a   Coe, Christopher L ^a   Almeida, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Cancer; Cortisol; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; TELEMONITORING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84867064455     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027018     Document Type: Article

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