Living successfully with pain : the role of illness representations, catastrophising and acceptance in chronic pain functioning
In the past fifty years psychological factors have been shown to influence adjustment to chronic pain. Research demonstrates that individuals’ internal representations of pain and the processes of catastrophising (focusing on negative outcomes) and acceptance (acknowledging pain but continuing to li...
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University of Edinburgh
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499370 |