The interplay between partners’ responsiveness and patients’ need for emotional expression in couples coping with cancer

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 828-838

  Dagan, Meirav ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Hoff, Christiaan ^b   Meijerink, W J H Jeroen ^c   Baas, Peter C ^d   van Haastert, Michiel ^d   Hagedoorn, Mariët ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dyadic coping; Emotional expression; Longitudinal; Observational; Partner responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSES;

EID: 84899800166     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9543-4     Document Type: Article

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