Beyond pain: The role of fear and avoidance in chronicity

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-119

  Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a   Norton, Peter J ^b   Norton, G Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Clin R and D Program   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPIRICISM; FEAR; HUMAN; MYALGIA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHOBIA; REVIEW;

EID: 0032949684     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(98)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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