Affective and evaluative descriptors of pain in the McGill Pain Questionnaire: Reduction and reorganization

Journal of Pain

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 318-325

  Fernandez, Ephrem ^a,b,c   Boyle, Gregory J ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective; Decision rule; Evaluative; Information theory; MPQ pain descriptors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0035679163     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jpai.2001.xbcorr25530     Document Type: Article

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