Perfectionism and maladaptive coping styles in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia/arthritis and in healthy controls

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 384-385

  Sirois, Fuschia M ^a,b   Molnar, Danielle S ^c  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; BEHAVIORAL DISENGAGEMENT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADAPTIVE COPING STYLE; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; SELF BLAME; SUBSTANCE USE; SUBSTANCE USE DISENGAGEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84908270427     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365174     Document Type: Letter

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