A theoretical framework for understanding self-report and observational measures of pain: a communications model

• Published in: Behaviour research and therapy Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 551 - 570
• Main Authors: Hadjistavropoulos, T, Craig, K.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2002; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Communication; Humans; Observation - methods; Pain - diagnosis; Pain management; Pain Measurement; Psychological Theory; Self-Assessment

Self-report and observational measures of pain are examined from the perspective of a model of human communication. This model examines the experience of pain as affected by intrapersonal and contextual factors, the process whereby it is encoded into expressive behaviour, and the process of decoding...