Exploration of Anger Constructs in Acute and Chronic Pain Patients vs. Community Patients

Pain Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-251

  Fishbain, David A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Lewis, John E ^a,b,c   Bruns, Daniel ^h,i,j   Disorbio, John Mark ^f,h,j   Gao, Jinrun ^k   Meyer, Laura J ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology   (United States)

^d Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^e Anesthesiology   (United States)

^f Veterans Administration Hospital   (United States)

^g Douglas Gardens   (United States)

^h Douglas Gardens ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Health Psychology Associates   (United States)

^j Integrated Therapies   (United States)

^k State Farm Insurance   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Anger in; Anger out; Battery of Health Improvement (BHI 2); Chronic anger; Chronic pain; Hostility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PAIN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955596525     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00410.x     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Fernandez E. The relationship between anger and pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2005;9:101-105.
2. Greenwood KA, Thurston R, Rumble M, Waters SJ, Keefe FJ. Anger and persistent pain: current status and future directions. Pain. 2003;1-5.
3. Schwartz L, Slater MA, Birchler GR, Atkinson JH, Garfin SR. Depression in spouses of chronic pain patients: the role of patient, pain and anger, and marital satisfaction. Pain. 1991;44:61-67.
4. Fishbain DA, Goldberg M, Meager BR, Steele R, Rosomoff H. Male and female chronic pain patients categorized by DSM-III psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Pain. 1986;26:181-197.
5. Okifuji A, Turk DC, Curran SL. Anger in chronic pain: investigations of anger targets and intensity. J. Psychosom. Res. 1999;47:1-12.
6. Corbishley M, Hendrickson R, Butler L. Behavior, affect, and cognition among psychogenic pain patients in group expressive psychotherapy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 1990;5:241-248.
7. Taylor A, Lorentzen L, Blank M. Psychological distress of chronic pain sufferers and their spouses. J Pain Symptom Manage. 1990;5:6-10.
8. Hatch JP, Schoenfeld LS, Boutros NN, Seleshi E, Moore PJ, Cyr-Provost M. Anger and hostility in tension-type headache. Headache. 1991;31:302-304.
9. Tschannen TA, Duckro PN, Margolis RB, Tomazic TJ. The relationship of anger, depression and perceived disability among headache patients. Headache. 1992;32:501-503.
10. Sayar K, Gulec H, Topbas M. Alexithymia and anger in patients with fibromyalgia. Clin Rheumatol. 2004;23:441-448.
11. Bruehl S, Burns JW, Chung OY, Chont M. Pain-related effects of trait anger expression: neural substrates and the role of endogenous opioid mechanisms. Neurosci Behav Rev. 2009;33:475-491.
12. Lombardo ER, Tan G, Jensen MP, Anderson KO. Anger management style and associations with self-efficacy and pain in male veterans. J Pain. 2005;6:765-770.
13. Bruehl S, Chung OY, Burns JW. Anger expression and pain: an overview of findings and possible mechanisms. J Behav Med. 2006;29:593-606.
14. Niel KA, Hunnicutt-Ferguson K, Reidy DE, Martinez MA, Zeichner A. Relationship of pain tolerance with human aggression. Psychol Rep. 2007;101:141-144.
15. Conant LL. Psychological variables associated with pain perceptions among individuals with chronic spinal cord injury pain. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 1998;5:71-90.
16. Burns JW, Quartana P, Gilliam W, etal. Effects of anger suppression on pain severity and pain behaviors among chronic pain patients: evaluation of an ironic process model. Health Psychol. 2008;27:645-652.
17. Burns JW, Quartana PJ, Bruehl S. Anger inhibition and pain: conceptualizations, evidence and new directions. J Behav Med. 2008;31:259-279.
18. Wade JB, Price DD, Hamer RM, Schwartz SM, Hart RP. An emotional component analysis of chronic pain. Pain. 1990;40:303-310.
19. Achterberg-Lawlis J. The psychological dimensions of arthritis. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1982;50:984-992.
20. Graham JE, Lobel M, Glass P, Lokshena I. Effects of written anger expression in chronic pain patients: making meaning from pain. J Behav Med. 2008;31:201-212.
21. Burns JW, Quartana PJ, Bruehl S. Anger management style moderates effects of attention strategy during acute pain induction on physiological responses to subsequent mental stress and recovery: a comparison of chronic pain patients and nonhealthy nonpatients. Psychosom Med. 2009;71:454-462.
22. Stephens R, Atkins J, Kingston A. Swearing as a response to pain. Neuroreport. 2009;20:1056-1060.
23. Walker J, Holloway I, Sofaer B. In the system: the lived experience of chronic back pain from the perspectives of those seeking help from pain clinics. Pain. 1999;80:621-628.
24. Deshields TL, Jenkins JO, Tait RC. The experience of anger in chronic illness: a preliminary investigation. Int J Psychiatry Med. 1989;19:299-309.
25. Posternak MA, Zimmerman M. Anger and aggression in psychiatric outpatients. J Clin Psychiatry. 2002;63:665-672.
26. Bruns D, Disorbio JM. Battery for Health Improvement 2 Manual. Minneapolis: Pearson; 2003.
27. Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. Variables associated with self-prediction of psychopharmacological treatment adherence in acute and chronic pain patients. Pain Pract. In press.
28. Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. Exploration of the illness uncertainty concept in acute and chronic pan patients versus community patients. Pain Med. 2010;11:658-669.
29. Bruns D, Disorbio JM. Hostility and violent ideation: physical rehabilitation patient and community samples. Pain Med. 2000;1:131-139.
30. Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Hanks R. Chronic pain and violent ideation: testing a model of patient violence. Pain Med. 2007;8:207-215.
31. Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. Correlates of self-reported violent ideation against physicians in acute and chronic pain patients. Pain Med. 2009;10:573-585.
32. Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. Predictors of homicide-suicide ideation in acute and chronic pain patients. Pain Med. 2010 (in press).
33. Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis J. What patient attributes are associated with the wish to sue a physician? Arch Phy Med. 2007;88:589-596.
34. Fishbain DA, Bruns D, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. What are the variables that are associated with the patient's wish to sue his physician in patients with acute and chronic pain? Pain Med. 2008;9:1130-1142.
35. Fernandez E, Milburn TW. Sensory and affective predictors of overall pain and emotions associated with affective pain. Clin J Pain. 1994;10:3-9.
36. Fernandez E, Turk DC. The scope and significance of anger in the experience of chronic pain. Pain. 1995;61:165-175.
37. Sternbach RA, Wolf SR, Murphy RW, Akeson WH. Traits of pain patients: the low-back "losers. Psychosomatics. 1973;14:226-229.
38. Kinder BN, Curtiss G, Kalichman S. Anxiety and anger as predictors of MMPI elevations in chronic pain patients. J Pers Assess. 1986;50:651-661.
39. Curtiss G, Kinder B, Kalichman S, Spana R. Affective differences among subgroups of chronic pain patients. Anxiety Res. 1988;1:65-73.
40. Fishbain DA, Lewis JE, Gao J, Cole B, Rosomoff RS. Is chronic pain associated with somatization/hypochondriasis? An evidence-based structured review. Pain Pract. 2009;9:449-467.
41. Fishbain D. Can personality disorders in chronic pain patients be accurately measured? Pain Forum. 1997;6:16-19.
42. Butcher JN. MMPI-2-Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2: Manual for Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation. Rev ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press; 2001.
43. Melzack R. The McGill pain questionnaire: from description to measurement. Anesthesiology. 2005;103:199-202.
44. Ware JE, Snow KK, Kosinski M, Gandek B. SF-36 Health Survey Manual and Interpretation Guide. Boston: The Health Institute, New England Medical Center; 1993.
45. Millon T, Davis R, Millon C. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III Manual. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Pearson Assessments; 1997.
46. Bruns D, Fishbain DA, Disorbio JM, Lewis JE. What variables are associated with an expressed wish to kill a doctor in community and injured patient samples? J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2010;/03/31. from
47. Weiss DJ. Manual for the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Minneapolis: Work Adjustment Project, Industrial Relations Center, University of Minnesota; 1967.