Psychosocial correlates of recurrent childhood pain: a comparison of pediatric patients with recurrent abdominal pain, organic illness, and psychiatric disorders
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A comparison was made between patients with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), organic illness and psychiatric diagnoses on the basis of emotional and somatic symptoms and certain psychosocial factors. Higher emotional distress and somatic complaint levels were found in patients with RAP as compared to well children and psychiatric patients. The same levels, however, were observed with patients with peptic disease. RAP patients also suffered from less negative life change events, enjoyed better family functioning and were more competent.
Publication Name: Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-843X
Year: 1993
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Development and validation of the pain response inventory for children
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The Pain Response Inventory (PRI) was developed to assess how children cope with recurrent pain. It assesses the coping factors active, passive and accommodative. The factor structure of the PRI in three different samples of children and adolescents were derived and cross-validated by confirmatory factor analysis, and subscales were found to be consistent and reasonably stable. Results show that different patterns of PRI coping strategies predicted the different types of health outcome.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 1997
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Testing a model of pain appraisal and coping in children with chronic abdominal pain
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A study of children with recurrent abdominal pain and the path used to examine the relation among dispositional pain beliefs and coping styles, cognitions and behavior related to a specific pain pattern and the outcomes is discussed. It is found that coping-skill interventions for children with chronic pain should target reductions in passive coping and potential benefits of accommodative coping strategies should be kept in mind.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2005
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