The impact of motherhood on perceived stress, illness intrusiveness and fear of cancer recurrence in young breast cancer survivors over time

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 651-670

  Arès, Isabelle ^a   Lebel, Sophie ^a   Bielajew, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; children; fear of cancer recurrence; illness intrusiveness; motherhood; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PARENTING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896495124     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.881998     Document Type: Article

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