Do behavioural self-blame and stigma predict positive health changes in survivors of lung or head and neck cancers?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1066-1081

  Lebel, Sophie ^a   Feldstain, Andrea ^a   McCallum, Megan ^a   Beattie, Sara ^a   Irish, Jonathan ^b,c,d   Bezjak, Andrea ^b,c,d,e   Devins, Gerald M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; health behaviour; positive health changes; self blame; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUILT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUILT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886878933     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2013.781602     Document Type: Article

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