Increased use of safety-seeking behaviors in chronic back pain patients with high health anxiety

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2821-2835

  Tang, Nicole K Y ^a   Salkovskis, Paul M ^a   Poplavskaya, Elena ^a   Wright, Kelly J ^a   Hanna, Magdi ^b   Hester, Joan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Chronic pain; Fear avoidance; Health anxiety; Pain behavior; Safety seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VIDEORECORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35548932100     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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