The assessment of anxiety and fear in persons with chronic pain: A comparison of instruments

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 927-933

  McCracken, Lance M ^a   Gross, Richard T ^b   Aikens, James ^a   Carnrike Jr , C L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b North Carolina Baptist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOCICEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030298547     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(96)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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