Adjustment to chronic pain: The role of pain acceptance, coping strategies, and pain-related cognitions

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-188

  Esteve, Rosa ^a,b   Ramírez Maestre, Carmen ^a   López Martínez, Alicia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34548102990     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02879899     Document Type: Article

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