Pain anxiety among chronic pain patients: Specific phobia or manifestation of anxiety sensitivity?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-240

  Greenberg, Jordan ^a   Burns, John W ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Anxiety provocation; Chronic pain; Pain anxiety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHOBIA;

EID: 0037301669     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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