Mental quality of life in chronic fatigue is associated with an accommodative coping style and neuroticism: A path analysis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1337-1345

  Poppe, Carine ^a   Crombez, Geert ^b   Hanoulle, Ignace ^a   Vogelaers, Dirk ^a   Petrovic, Mirko ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Accommodative coping; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Health related quality of life; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867088190     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0048-8     Document Type: Article

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