Temperament Traits and Chronic Pain: The Association of Harm Avoidance and Pain-Related Anxiety

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Knaster, Peter ^a   Estlander, Ann Mari ^a   Karlsson, Hasse ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Kalso, Eija ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HARM AVOIDANCE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN ANXIETY SYMPTOMS SCALE 20; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; VISCERAL PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84868089452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045672     Document Type: Article

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