Psychological states and coping strategies after bereavement among spouses of cancer patients: A quantitative study in Japan

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3189-3203

  Asai, Mariko ^a,b,d   Akizuki, Nobuya ^c   Fujimori, Maiko ^a   Matsui, Yutaka ^b   Itoh, Kuniaki ^a   Ikeda, Masafumi ^a   Hayashi, Ryuichi ^a   Kinoshita, Taira ^a   Ohtsu, Atsushi ^a   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroya ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Cancer; Coping strategies; Japan; Psychological states; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868472026     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1456-1     Document Type: Article

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