28 - Emotions and Health
from Theme 5: - Coping With Illness and Stress
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2019
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- Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine , pp. 122 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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