Does gender affect appraisal of pain and pain coping strategies?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-40

  Unruh, Anita M ^a   Judith Ritchie, R N ^a   Merskey, Harold ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Community survey; Coping; Gender; Pain; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0345390233     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199903000-00006     Document Type: Article

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