Understanding the Role of Injury/Illness Sensitivity and Anxiety Sensitivity in (Automatic) Pain Processing: An Examination Using the Extrinsic Affective Simon Task

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 563-572

  Vancleef, Linda M G ^a   Peters, Madelon L ^a   Gilissen, Susan M P ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anxiety sensitivity; automatic threat appraisal; EAST; Injury illness sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; THREAT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICK ROLE;

EID: 34250830407     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.02.431     Document Type: Article

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