Posttraumatic growth and its dimensions in patients with cancer

Middle East Journal of Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-29

  Heidarzadeh, Mehdi ^a   Rassouli, Maryam ^a   Shahbolaghi, Farahnaz Mohammadi ^b   Majd, Hamid Alavi ^a   Karam, Aman Mohamad ^c   Mirzaee, Hamidreza ^a   Tahmasebi, Mamak ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Mehregan Veterinary Group   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Posttraumatic growth; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84905960884     PISSN: 20086709     EISSN: 20086687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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