Suppression of anger and subsequent pain intensity and behavior among chronic low back pain patients: The role of symptom-specific physiological reactivity

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Burns, John W ^a   Quartana, Phillip J ^b   Gilliam, Wesley ^c   Matsuura, Justin ^c   Nappi, Carla ^c   Wolfe, Brandy ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger suppression; Ironic process model; Pain behaviors; Symptom specific reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858861687     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9347-3     Document Type: Article

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