The personal constructs of coping with chronic low back pain: Is coping a necessary evil?

Pain

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Large, Robert ^a,b   Strong, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Low back pain; Personal constructs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSON; EGO STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030810190     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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