The impact of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and community factors on the identity formation of young adults with cancer: A qualitative study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1753-1758

  Kumar, Anisha Rajeev ^a   Schapira, Lidia ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; coping; identity; normalcy; oncology; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPENDYMOMA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INDIVIDUALITY; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CANCER; COPING; IDENTITY; NORMALCY; ONCOLOGY; YOUNG ADULTS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880703365     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3207     Document Type: Article

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