Contextually appropriate emotional word use predicts adaptive health behavior: Emotion context sensitivity and treatment adherence

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 579-589

  Harvey, Meredith M ^a   Coifman, Karin G ^a   Ross, Gail ^b   Kleinert, Dorothy ^b   Giardina, Patricia ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; chronic illness; context; emotions; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; THALASSEMIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND COMPLIANCE;

EID: 84966670346     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314532152     Document Type: Article

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