Patient and spouse perceptions of the patient's heart disease and their associations with received and provided social support and undermining.
Previous research has consistently documented the contribution of both illness perceptions and social support to adjustment to illness. This study combines these two approaches by examining: (1) Do patient and spouse perceptions of the patient's heart disease differ? (2) Are each partner's perceptio...
| Published in: | Psychology & Health Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 765 - 786 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2007
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