The impact of threatening information about pain on coping and pain tolerance

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-451

  Jackson, Todd ^a   Pope, Laurie ^b   Nagasaka, Takeo ^b   Fritch, April ^b   Iezzi, Tony ^c   Chen, Hong ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLD INJURY; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 24944466875     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910705X27587     Document Type: Article

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