Relationships among pain, protective parental responses, and disability for adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain: the mediating role of pain catastrophizing

• Published in: The Clinical journal of pain Vol. 27; no. 9; p. 775
• Main Authors: Guite, Jessica W, McCue, Rebecca L, Sherker, Jennifer L, Sherry, David D, Rose, John B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2011
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Attitude to Health; Catastrophization - etiology; Catastrophization - psychology; Developmental Disabilities - complications; Developmental Disabilities - psychology; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Male; Musculoskeletal Pain - complications; Musculoskeletal Pain - psychology; Musculoskeletal Pain - therapy; Pain Management; Pain Measurement; Parent-Child Relations; Parents - psychology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

Children learn to cope with pain within the context of the family and parental responses to pediatric pain can impact health outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine relationships among pain, protective parental responses to pain, functional disability, and pain catastrophizing for adolescents...