The main objective of the present study was to determine which variables predict the emotional adjustment of parents of children with cancer. Therefore, parents' emotional adjustment, in terms of depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness, helplessness, uncertainty and positive feelings, were predi
Social and emotional adjustment in young survivors of childhood cancer
β Scribed by H. Stam; M. Grootenhuis; B. Last
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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