Pain-related anxiety predicts non-specific physical complaints in persons with chronic pain

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 621-630

  McCracken, Lance M ^a   Faber, Samantha D ^a   Janeck, Amy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031808893     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(97)10039-0     Document Type: Article

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