It is out of my hands: How deferring control to God can decrease quality of life for breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2747-2754

  McLaughlin, Bryan ^a   Yoo, Woohyun ^a   D'Angelo, Jonathan ^a   Tsang, Stephanie ^a   Shaw, Bret ^a   Shah, Dhavan ^a   Baker, Timothy ^a   Gustafson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; computer mediated social support; oncology; quality of life; religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER-MEDIATED SOCIAL SUPPORT; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGIOUS COPING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84890121941     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3356     Document Type: Article

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