Acceptance of pain, self-compassion and psychopathology: Using the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire to identify patients' subgroups

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-302

  Costa, Joana ^a   Pinto Gouveia, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acceptance of Pain; Psychopathology; Self Compassion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960465887     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.718     Document Type: Article

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