The German version of the Benefit Finding Scale: Psychometric properties in cancer patients

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-91

  Mohamed, Nihal E ^b   Böhmer, Sonja ^a  

^a Arbeitsbereich Gesundheitspsychologie ^*

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benefit finding; Cancer; Search for meaning; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013591418     PISSN: 09405569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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