The role of sex/gender in the experience of pain: Resilience, fear, and acceptance as central variables in the adjustment of men and women with chronic pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 608-618.e1

  Ramírez Maestre, Carmen ^a   Esteve, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

adjustment; chronic pain; fear avoidance; Gender; sex

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN ACCEPTANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ANXIETY SYMPTOMS SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PAIN INTENSITY INDEX; PAIN VIGILANCE AND AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL PAIN; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; CATASTROPHIZATION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84901770395     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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