Expanding the social communication model of pain: Are adult attachment characteristics associated with observers' pain-related evaluations?

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Jeffrey Bailey, S ^a   McWilliams, Lachlan A ^b   Dick, Bruce D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Catastrophizing; Distraction; Pain coping strategies; Social communication model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION; STUDENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861727326     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026237     Document Type: Article

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