Childhood Abuse and the Experience of Pain in Adulthood: The Mediating Effects of PTSD and Emotion Dysregulation on Pain Levels and Pain-Related Functional Impairment

Psychosomatics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 491-499

  Powers, Abigail ^a   Fani, Negar ^a   Pallos, Andrew ^a   Stevens, Jennifer ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,b   Bradley, Bekh ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; EMOTION DYSREGULATION SCALE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PTSD SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCALE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; ADOLESCENT; CAUSALITY; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; EMOTION; GEORGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CAUSALITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84923819792     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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