Child's and parents' catastrophizing about pain is associated with procedural fear in children: A study in children with diabetes and their mothers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 879-895

  Vervoort, T ^a   Goubert, L ^a   Vandenbossche, H ^b   van Aken, S ^b   Matthys, D ^b   Crombez, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS;

EID: 84856335528     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/07.15.16.21.PR0.109.6.879-895     Document Type: Article

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