Self efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between pain intensity, disability and depression in chronic pain patients

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-491

  Arnstein, Paul ^a,b,c   Caudill, Margaret ^b,d,e   Mandle, Carol Lynn ^a,d   Norris, Anne ^a   Beasley, Ralph ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic   (United States)

^c New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Depression; Disability; Mediation model path analysis; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0032961846     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00220-6     Document Type: Article

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