Anger arousal and behavioral anger regulation in everyday life among patients with chronic low back pain: Relationships to patient pain and function

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 547-555

  Burns, John W ^a   Gerhart, James I ^a   Bruehl, Stephen ^b   Peterson, Kristina M ^c   Smith, David A ^c   Porter, Laura S ^d   Schuster, Erik ^a   Kinner, Ellen ^a   Buvanendran, Asokumar ^a   Fras, Anne Marie ^d   Keefe, Francis J ^d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger arousal; Behavioral anger expression and inhibition; Electronic daily diary; Lagged associations; Pain and function; Patient and spouse ratings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ANGER REGULATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPOUSE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; AROUSAL; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84928215870     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000091     Document Type: Article

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