Targeting cancer patients' quality of life through social comparison: A randomised trial

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 950-966

  Brakel, Thecla M ^a   Dijkstra, Arie ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cancer survivors; life satisfaction; psychosocial intervention; quality of life; social comparison information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVORS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL COMPARISON INFORMATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER SURVIVORS; LIFE SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL COMPARISON INFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901198130     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.901514     Document Type: Article

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