Pathways for psychological adjustment in breast cancer: A longitudinal study on coping strategies and posttraumatic growth

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1323-1341

  Silva, Sónia Martins ^a   Crespo, Carla ^a   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

anxiety; breast cancer; coping; depression; posttraumatic growth; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867200205     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.676644     Document Type: Article

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