Biopsychosocial Predictors of Psychological Functioning Among African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 493-516

  Davis, Claudia M ^a   Myers, Hector F ^b   Nyamathi, Adeline M ^c   Brecht, Mary Lynn ^c   Lewis, Mary Ann ^c   Hamilton, Nalo ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; anxiety; breast cancer disparities; depression; predictors; psychological functioning

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; AGED; BREAST CANCER DISPARITIES; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER DISPARITIES; DEPRESSION; PREDICTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84908505222     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2014.936650     Document Type: Article

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