Effects of cognitive pain coping strategies and locus of control on perception of cold pressor pain in healthy individuals: Experimental study

Acute Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Jokic Begic, Natasa ^a   Ivanec, Dragutin ^a   Markanovic, Dragana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Experimental; Internal external control; Pain measurement; Students; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 71549118530     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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