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Jacobsen, Paul B.; Andrykowski, Michael A.; Thors, Christina L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study examined the relationship of catastrophizing to fatigue in 80 women receiving chemotherapy (CT) or radiotherapy (RT) for treatment of early stage breast cancer. Findings revealed expected relationships between catastrophizing and fatigue among women receiving RT but not CT. Among RT patients, those high in catastrophizing reported…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Patients, Females, Cancer
Martz, Erin – Death Studies, 2004
Because the onset of a spinal cord injury may involve a brush with death and because serious injury and disability can act as a reminder of death, death anxiety was examined as a predictor of posttraumatic stress levels among individuals with disabilities. This cross-sectional study used multiple regression and multivariate multiple regression to…
Descriptors: Injuries, Defense Mechanisms, Death, Anxiety
O'Connor, Mary-Frances – Death Studies, 2004
The number of terminally ill prison inmates rises each year. Mental health professionals are uniquely prepared to provide therapy during the end-of-life process with their assessment, training, empathy, and communication skills. This case study examines the six-month therapy of one terminally ill inmate, using a client-centered approach. Drawing…
Descriptors: Therapy, Institutionalized Persons, Pain, Mental Health Workers
Plichta, Stacey B. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
Extensive research indicates that intimate partner violence (IPV) poses a significant risk to the physical health of women. IPV is associated with increased mortality, injury and disability, worse general health, chronic pain, substance abuse, reproductive disorders, and poorer pregnancy outcomes. IPV is also associated with an overuse of health…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Health Services, Females, Substance Abuse
Phan, Angela; Edwards, Christopher L.; Robinson, Elwood L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
This research was conducted to replicate and expanded the work of Bodfish et al. [Bodfish, J. W., Harper, V. N., Deacon, J. R., & Symons, F. J. (2001, May). "Identifying and measuring pain in persons with developmental disabilities: A manual for the Pain and Discomfort Scale (PADS)." Western Carolina Center Research Reports] by assessing the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Scaling, Psychometrics, Developmental Disabilities
Pozzi, Maria E. – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2005
The content of this paper reflects the title but it expands upon the technical issues encountered right from the beginning of the assessment. These technical difficulties include the management of physical pain during sessions and the request by the patient for physical interventions as well as contact. The problem of discrimination in the setting…
Descriptors: Pain, Physical Disabilities, Social Discrimination, Psychotherapy
Overskeid, Geir – Psychological Record, 2004
Bertrand Russell was a prominent philosopher, mathematician, and political activist. It is less well known that Russell suffered from various psychological problems and developed his own method of dealing with them. Continuing a long philosophical tradition, Russell examined how faulty thinking may elicit painful emotions. Though seldom, if ever,…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychotherapy, Psychological Patterns
Shipherd, Jillian C. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2006
This commentary reviews the case of GH, a survivor of a road traffic collision, who has chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The case formulation, assessment strategy, and treatment plan are informed by the relevant experimental literature and empirically supported treatments using a cognitive behavioral perspective. Given this…
Descriptors: Pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy
Compas, Bruce E.; Boyer, Margaret C.; Stanger, Catherine; Colletti, Richard B.; Thomsen, Alexandra H.; Dufton, Lynette M.; Cole, David A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Reports of adolescents' coping with recurrent pain, symptoms of anxiety/depression, and somatic complaints were obtained from a sample of 164 adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain and their parents. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that coping consisted of 3 nonorthogonal factors: Primary Control Engagement Coping (problem solving,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Structural Equation Models, Pain, Factor Analysis
Walsh, Christine A.; Jamieson, Ellen; MacMillan, Harriet; Boyle, Michael – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
This study examined the relationship between a self-reported history of child physical and sexual abuse and chronic pain among women (N = 3381) in a provincewide community sample. Chronic pain was significantly associated with physical abuse, education, and age of the respondents and was unrelated to child sexual abuse alone or in combination with…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Low Income
White, Jerre Lee – 1993
This paper reviews research literature pertaining to the pain and anxiety associated with pediatric cancer and the use of hypnosis as an adjunct treatment. It is noted that pain and anxiety are most often associated with the procedural treatment of cancer, and that the literature suggests that both pain and anxiety are multi-faceted constructs.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cancer, Children, Chronic Illness
Camras, Linda A. – 1993
To make the point that infant emotions are more dynamic than suggested by Differential Emotions Theory, which maintains that infants show the same prototypical facial expressions for emotions as adults do, this paper explores two questions: (1) when infants experience an emotion, do they always show the corresponding prototypical facial…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Emotional Development, Emotional Response

Smith, Julien T.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1996
An ethnically diverse sample of high and low hypnotizable children (N=27) suffering from cancer or blood disorders were trained along with their parents to use both distraction and hypnosis to reduce pain and anxiety. Distraction produced significant positive effects for observer-rated distress scores for the low hypnotizable children. Discusses…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cancer, Child Health, Children

Nixon, Lois LaCivita – Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, 1996
Illustrates the value of interdisciplinary approaches to patient care by exploring visual articulations of suffering as rendered by one artist. Makes general observations about the nature of humanities courses offered to medical students and depicts a visual portrayal of an illness story representing personal perspectives about patient suffering…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Grief, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach

Raithel, Kathryn Simmons – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1989
Aerobic and resistance exercise are currently prescribed by physicians to treat chronic pain. However, patient fitness level must improve before he/she feels better. Pain management programs help patients become more active so they can function at work and home. (SM)
Descriptors: Aerobics, Chronic Illness, Exercise, Exercise Physiology