The mediating effects of self-esteem and optimism on the relationship between quality of life and depressive symptoms of breast cancer patients

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-445

  Ha, Eun Hye ^a   Cho, Young Kyung ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Depression; Optimism; Quality of life; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE ORIENTATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; OPTIMISM SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84928118212     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2014.11.4.437     Document Type: Article

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