Assessing the psychological predictors of benefit finding in patients with head and neck cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-105

  Llewellyn, Carrie D ^a   Horney, Debbie J ^a   McGurk, Mark ^b   Weinman, John ^c   Herold, Jim ^d   Altman, Keith ^d   Smith, Helen E ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; benefit finding; cancer; coping; oncology; optimism

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BENEFIT FINDING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872069769     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2065     Document Type: Article

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