Living with the unexplained: coping, distress, and depression among women with chronic fatigue syndrome and/or fibromyalgia compared to an autoimmune disorder

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 601-618

  McInnis, Opal A ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

chronic illness; depressive symptoms; perceived stress; unsupportive social interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907590263     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.888060     Document Type: Article

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