The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 11 , Pages 1039-1046 , November 2010

The Impact of Adolescent Chronic Pain on Functioning: Disentangling the Complex Role of Anxiety

  • Lindsey L. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Centre for Pain Research, School for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lindsey L. Cohen, PhD, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30302-5010.
    • ,
  • Kevin E. Vowles

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Pain Research, School for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK
    • Interdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Pain Assessment and Community Treatment Service, The Haywood Hospital and Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
    • ,
  • Christopher Eccleston

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Pain Research, School for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Received 24 April 2009 ,Revised 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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 Support for this research was in part provided by the University of Bath David Parkin Visiting Professorship to Dr. Lindsey Cohen.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00763-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.09.009

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 11 , Pages 1039-1046 , November 2010

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