Interpreting ambiguous health and bodily threat: Are individual differences in pain-related vulnerability constructs associated with an on-line negative interpretation bias?

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-69

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

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cognitive bias; Interpretation bias; Vulnerability for pain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149216497     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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