From despair to hope: A longitudinal study of illness perceptions and coping in a psycho-educational group intervention for women with breast cancer

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 526-545

  Fischer, Maarten J ^a   Wiesenhaan, Marion E ^a   Heijer, Aukje Does Den ^b   Kleijn, Wim C ^a   Nortier, Johan W R ^a   Kaptein, Adrian A ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Leiden University Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; STATISTICAL MODEL; DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879775255     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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