Moderators of the effects of meaning-centered group psychotherapy in cancer survivors on personal meaning, psychological well-being, and distress

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 3385-3393

  Holtmaat, Karen ^a   van der Spek, Nadia ^a,b   Witte, Birgit I ^c   Breitbart, William ^d   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Verdonck de Leeuw, Irma M ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Meaning; Moderator; Oncology; Psychotherapy; Well being

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEANING CENTERED GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; THERAPY EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

CANCER SURVIVORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP;

EID: 85020250015     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-017-3757-x     Document Type: Article

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