Executive function and attention regulation as predictors of coping success in youth with functional abdominal pain

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Hocking, Matthew C ^a   Barnes, Marguax ^b   Shaw, Caroline ^c   Lochman, John E ^a   Madan Swain, Avi ^b   Saeed, Shehzad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; attention regulation; chronic and recurrent pain; coping; executive function

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79251487486     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq056     Document Type: Article

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