The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 87-96 , January 2010

Multi-Modal Examination of Psychological and Interpersonal Distinctions Among MPI Coping Clusters: A Preliminary Study

  • Doerte U. Junghaenel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Doerte U. Junghaenel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Putnam Hall, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8790.
    • ,
  • Francis J. Keefe

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Joan E. Broderick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York

Received 26 February 2009 ,Revised 3 June 2009 ,Accepted 13 June 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by the Applied Behavioral Medicine Research Institute, Stony Brook University, and by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01 AR054626; Joan E. Broderick, principal investigator).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00589-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.06.006

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 87-96 , January 2010

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