Fibromyalgia and chronic pain: Are there discriminating patterns by using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)?

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-56

  Pérez Pareja, Javier ^a   Sesé, Albert ^a   González Ordi, Héctor ^b   Palmer, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Clinical and health psychology; Ex post facto study; Fibromyalgia; MMPI 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950135062     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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