Adult Attachment and Approaches to Activity Engagement in Chronic Pain

Nicole E Andrews; Pamela J Meredith; Jenny Strong; Genevieve F Donohue

doi:10.1155/2014/838954

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

Adult Attachment and Approaches to Activity Engagement in Chronic Pain

Nicole E Andrews,
Pamela J Meredith,
Jenny Strong,
Genevieve F Donohue

Affiliations

Nicole E Andrews: Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
Pamela J Meredith: Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jenny Strong: Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
Genevieve F Donohue: Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/838954
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 6
pp. 317 – 327

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The way in which individuals with chronic pain habitually approach activity engagement has been shown to impact daily functioning, with both avoidance of one’s daily activities and overactivity (activity engagement that significantly exacerbates pain) associated with more pain, higher levels of physical disability and poorer psychological functioning.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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