Cancer-related intrusive thoughts predict behavioral symptoms following breast cancer treatment

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-163

  Dupont, Alexandra ^a   Bower, Julienne E ^a   Stanton, Annette L ^a   Ganz, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; intrusive thoughts; Quality of life; Survivorship; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTRUSIVE THOUGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893031477     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031131     Document Type: Article

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