Anger suppression and subsequent pain behaviors among chronic low back pain patients: Moderating effects of anger regulation style

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-54

  Burns, John W ^a   Quartana, Phillip ^b   Bruehl, Stephen ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger regulation style; Anger suppression; Chronic pain; Pain behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; ANGER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79960612039     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9270-4     Document Type: Article

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