Psychological resilience predicts decreases in pain catastrophizing through positive emotions

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 516-523

  Ong, Anthony D ^a   Zautra, Alex J ^b   Reid, M Carrington ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Pain; Positive emotions; Psychological resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEUROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953540104     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019384     Document Type: Article

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