Global stress predicts both positive and negative emotional adjustment at diagnosis and post-surgery in women with breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-185

  Groarke, Annmarie ^a   Curtis, Ruth ^a   Kerin, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

adjustment; cancer; coping; oncology; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872065001     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2071     Document Type: Article

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