Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10472362 | Social Science & Medicine | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The limitations imposed by pain often form the focus of people's coping efforts, rather than the pain per se. The desire to retain pre-pain 'normal' lifestyles may underlie people's use of coping strategies that exacerbate pain intensity and pain-related disability. Future research needs to explore both the relationship between adjustment to pain and adjustment to the restrictions associated with ageing, and the role of body techniques and identity management in adjustment to pain in order to understand factors which may promote pain acceptance.
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Authors
A. Miles, H.V. Curran, S. Pearce, L. Allan,