The relationship between the fear-avoidance model of pain and personality traits in fibromyalgia patients

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-391

  Martínez, María Pilar ^a   Sánchez, Ana Isabel ^a   Miró, Elena ^a   Medina, Ana ^a   Lami, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Neuroticism; Pain anxiety; Pain catastrophizing; Vigilance to pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CATASTROPHIZING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PAIN; PAIN ANXIETY SYMPTOMS SCALE 20; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PAIN VIGILANCE AND AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CATASTROPHIZATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855674728     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: 15733572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-011-9263-2     Document Type: Article

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