Situational and dispositional goal adjustment in the context of metastatic cancer

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 441-451

  Thompson, Elizabeth ^a   Stanton, Annette L ^a   Bower, Julienne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84883445194     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12025     Document Type: Article

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