Perfectionism, Type D personality, and illness-related coping styles in cardiac rehabilitation patients

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 417-426

  Shanmugasegaram, Shamila ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^a   Madan, Mina ^b,c   Oh, Paul ^d   Marzolini, Susan ^d   Reitav, Jaan ^d   Hewitt, Paul L ^e   Sturman, Edward D ^f  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac illness; coping; perfectionism; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TYPE D BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; TYPE D PERSONALITY;

EID: 84894778371     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312471571     Document Type: Article

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