Objective. To identify whether the biopsychosocial framework of illness has overcome the
limitations of the biomedical model of disease when applied in the practice of pain medicine …

Objectives: Social and interpersonal factors may impact chronic pain self-care and self-
management; however, no integrated measure exists to assess the interplay of these factors …

Psychological treatments emphasizing a self-management approach have become
commonly accepted alternatives to medical interventions for chronic pain. Unfortunately …

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 …

This paper presents an in-depth, idiographic study illustrating how chronic benign low back
pain may have a serious debilitating impact on the sufferer's sense of self. Semi-structured …

The study's purpose was to explore change and perception of change related to patients
with chronic back and/or neck pain through treatment courses of Norwegian psychomotor …

Objective Pain and affect are generally associated. However, individuals may differ in the
magnitude of the coupling between pain and affect, which may have important implications …

In two recent issues of this journal, markedly contrasting opinions concerning the
relationship between pain and psychosocial factors were published. In a clinical report …

This paper reports upon:(1) the value of acceptance of pain in predicting well-being in
patients suffering from chronic pain and (2) the construct validity of acceptance by …

Commonalities among psychological approaches in the treatment of chronic pain: Specifying the
meta-constructs. Commonalities among psychological approaches in the treatment of chronic …