A longitudinal study of cortisol responses, sleep problems, and psychological well-being as the predictors of changes in depressive symptoms among breast cancer survivors

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 356-366

  Hsiao, Fei Hsiu ^a   Chang, King Jen ^b,c   Kuo, Wen Hung ^c,d   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^c,d   Liu, Yu Fen ^e   Lai, Yu Ming ^f   Jow, Guey Mei ^g   Ho, Rainbow T H ^h   Ng, Siu Man ^h   Chan, Cecilia L W ^h  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Cortisol responses; Depression; Meaning in life; Psychological well being; Sleep problems

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS REVISED SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEANING IN LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL OUTCOMES STUDY SLEEP SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875232539     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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