The association of cancer patients emotional suppression and their self-rating of psychological distress on short screening tools

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Cohen, Miri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Emotional suppression; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTAULD EMOTIONAL CONTROL SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877956777     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2012.731440     Document Type: Article

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