Catastrophizers with chronic pain display more pain behaviour when in a relationship with a low catastrophizing spouse

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 293-299

  Gauthier, Nathalie ^a   Thibault, Pascal ^b   Sullivan, Michael J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Communal coping model; Couple concordance; Pain behaviours; Pain communication; Persistent pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555189816     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/247940     Document Type: Article

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