Cognitive, behavioral, and physiological reactivity to chronic itching: Analogies to chronic pain

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-243

  Verhoeven, Lisette ^b   Kraaimaat, Floris ^a   Duller, Piet ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter ^a   Evers, Andrea ^a   Verhoeven, E W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Medical Psychology 840 ^*

Author keywords

Chronic itching; Chronic pain; Scratching; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCRATCHING; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE; STATISTICS;

EID: 33845325349     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1303_7     Document Type: Article

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