Expressive writing among chinese american breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial

Health Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 370-379

  Lu, Qian ^a   Wong, Celia Ching Yee ^a   Gallagher, Matthew W ^a   Tou, Reese Y W ^a   Young, Lucy ^b   Loh, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Herald Cancer Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Chinese breast cancer survivors; Expressive writing; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; EXPRESSIVE WRITING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; WRITING; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; WRITING;

EID: 85003816133     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000449     Document Type: Article

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