Normal personality correlates of chronic pain subgroups

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Nitch, Stephen R ^a   Boone, Kyle B ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Multidimensional pain inventory; NEO PI R; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; EXTRAVERSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4344688841     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCS.0000037614.70671.29     Document Type: Article

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