Pain catastrophizing mediates the relationship between self-reported strenuous exercise involvement and pain ratings: Moderating role of anxiety sensitivity

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1018-1025

  Goodin, Burel R ^a   McGuire, Lynanne M ^a   Stapleton, Laura M ^a   Quinn, Noel B ^a   Fabian, Lacy A ^b   Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A ^c   Edwards, Robert R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Bootstrap; Moderated mediation; Pain catastrophizing; Strenuous exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 72049089273     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181bc62ba     Document Type: Article

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