Learning to live with the pain: Acceptance of pain predicts adjustment in persons with chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  McCracken, Lance M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Anxiety; Behavioral concepts; Chronic pain; Depression; Disability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031885376     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00146-2     Document Type: Article

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