Do patients with chronic pain selectively attend to pain-related information?: Preliminary evidence for the mediating role of fear

Pain

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Asmundson, G J G ^a   Kuperos, J L ^a   Norton, G R ^a  

^a Clinical Research and Development Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Chronic pain; Dot probe paradigm; Fear of pain; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030769549     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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