Associations between adult attachment dimensions and attitudes toward pain behaviour

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 378-384

  McWilliams, Lachlan A ^a   Murphy, Paul D J ^a   Bailey, S Jeffrey ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Pain behaviour; Social communication model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952196972     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/953496     Document Type: Article

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