Perceived spouse responses to pain: The level of agreement in couple dyads and the role of catastrophizing, marital satisfaction, and depression

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 511-522

  Pence, Laura ^a   Cano, Annmarie ^b   Thorn, Beverly ^a   Ward, L Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Depression; Marital satisfaction; Pain catastrophizing; Spouse responses

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES;

EID: 33751296513     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-006-9073-4     Document Type: Article

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