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Expressive dimensions of pain catastrophizing: A comparative analysis of school children and children with clinical pain

  • T. Vervoort

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Research Institute for Psychology & Health, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 (0)9 264 91 06; fax: +32 (0)9 264 64 89.
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  • K.D. Craig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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  • L. Goubert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Research Institute for Psychology & Health, The Netherlands
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  • J. Dehoorne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
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  • R. Joos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
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  • D. Matthys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
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  • A. Buysse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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  • G. Crombez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Research Institute for Psychology & Health, The Netherlands

Received 20 December 2006 ,Revised 5 March 2007 ,Accepted 26 March 2007.

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☆ Tine Vervoort is a Ph.D. student of the Funds for Scientific Research – Flanders (Belgium) (F.W.O.). Liesbet Goubert is post-doctoral fellow of the Funds for Scientific Research – Flanders (Belgium) (F.W.O.).

PII: S0304-3959(07)00170-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.038

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