The role of trait emotional intelligence in the diagnostic cancer pathway

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2933-2939

  Smith, Samuel G ^a   Petrides, K V ^a   Green, James S A ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; TEIQue SF; Trait emotional self efficacy; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868445470     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1423-x     Document Type: Article

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