Can agonistic striving lead to unexplained illness? Implicit goals, pain tolerance, and somatic symptoms in adolescents and adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 977-985

  Ewart, Craig K ^a   Elder, Gavin J ^a   Laird, Kelsey T ^b   Shelby, Grace D ^b   Walker, Lynn S ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit motives; Medically unexplained symptoms; Pain regulation; Social action theory; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGONISTIC STRIVING; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLICIT AGONISTIC GOAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ACTION THEORY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATIC SYMPTOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907323417     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033496     Document Type: Article

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