Psychological control and morbidity/mortality in breast cancer patients: A 20-year follow-up study

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-10

  Astin, John A ^a   Shapiro, Johanna ^b   Shapiro, Deane ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Breast cancer; Coping; Quality of life; Sense of control

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84874091644     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2012.708683     Document Type: Article

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