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Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 80-90 , January 2008

Multidimensional Pain Inventory derived classifications of chronic pain: Evidence for maladaptive pain-related coping within the dysfunctional group

  • Adina C. Rusu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1784 443 703; fax: +44 1784 434 347.
    • ,
  • Monika Hasenbring

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bochum, Germany

Received 26 May 2006 ,Revised 9 March 2007 ,Accepted 26 March 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00163-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.031

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