How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.

Charles S. Carver; Christina Pozo; Suzanne D. Harris; Victoria Noriega; Michael F. Scheier; David S. Robinson; Alfred S. Ketcham; Frederick L. Moffat; Kimberley C. Clark

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.375

Keywords

OptimismPsychologyDistressCoping (psychology)Breast cancerStage (stratigraphy)Coping behaviorClinical psychologySocial psychologyDevelopmental psychologyCancerMedicineInternal medicine

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 65
Issue: 2
Pages: 375-390
Citations: 1208
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                                    Charles S. Carver, 
                                
                                    Christina Pozo, 
                                
                                    Suzanne D. Harris
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            How coping mediates the effect of optimism on distress: A study of women with early stage breast cancer.. 
                            Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
                            , 65
                            (2)
                            , 375-390.
                            https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.375
                        

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DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.65.2.375