Models of anxiety, depression, somatization, and coping as predictors of abdominal pain in a community sample of school-age children

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-22

  Lavigne, John V ^a,b   Saps, Miguel ^a   Bryant, Fred B ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; anxiety; coping styles; depression; somatization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84892733891     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst060     Document Type: Article

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