Unravelling the role of sense of coherence: More research is needed to empirically underpin the construct

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 569-570

  Apers, Silke ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a,b   Moons, Philip ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENCE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

EID: 84889788394     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515113490089     Document Type: Letter

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