Posttraumatic growth, quality of life, and treatment symptoms among cancer chemotherapy outpatients

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-408

  Em Arpawong, T ^a   Richeimer, Steven H ^a   Weinstein, Faye ^a   Elghamrawy, Amany ^a   Milam, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial adjustment; Cancer patients; Edmonton treatment symptoms; Negative change; Positive change; Posttraumatic growth; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876021840     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028223     Document Type: Article

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