Alexithymia and chronic pain: The role of negative affectivity

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-361

  Makino, Seiko ^a   Jensen, Mark P ^c   Arimura, Tatsuyuki ^a   Obata, Tetsuji ^b   Anno, Kozo ^a   Iwaki, Rie ^a   Kubo, Chiharu ^b   Sudo, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Hosoi, Masako ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Chronic pain; Negative affectivity; Pain catastrophizing; Pain interference

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84874929425     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182579c63     Document Type: Article

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