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The effects of parental presence upon the facial expression of pain: The moderating role of child pain catastrophizing

  • 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 62 62; fax: +32 (0)9 264 64 89.
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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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  • C. Eccleston

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Unit, University of Bath, UK
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  • K. Verhoeven

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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  • A. De Clercq

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Ghent University, 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 25 January 2007 ,Revised 21 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 December 2007.

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

PII: S0304-3959(07)00753-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.12.013

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