The role of illness uncertainty on coping with fibromyalgia symptoms

Health Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 696-703

  Johnson, Lisa M ^a   Zautra, Alex J ^a   Davis, Mary C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping difficulty; Coping efficacy; Fibromyalgia; Illness uncertainty; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33750978704     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.6.696     Document Type: Article

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