Illness representations as mediators of the relationship between dispositional optimism and depression in patients with chronic tinnitus: A cross-sectional study

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-93

  Vollmann, Manja ^a   Scharloo, Margreet ^b   Langguth, Berthold ^c   Kalkouskaya, Natallia ^d   Salewski, Christel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d Vocational School of Childcare Reichenau   (Germany)

Author keywords

common sense model (CSM) of self regulation; depression; illness representations; optimism; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 84888015386     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2013.828294     Document Type: Article

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