Background Patients' beliefs about their condition have been shown to play a significant role
in their pain experience and response to treatment, especially when a patient sees their …

Pain-related anxiety and fear are associated with increased difficulties in attention,
increased awareness of pain, impaired disengagement from pain, and can moderate the …

Objective The fear avoidance model has served as a popular, heuristic model in explaining
the transition from acute to chronic pain. In addition, the significance of pain-related …

Pain automatically elicits escape-avoidance behavior to avert bodily harm. In patients with
chronic pain, long-term escape-avoidance behavior may increase the risk of chronic …

Fear of injury has been posited as crucial in pain-related anxiety and in the development of
chronic pain; however, research has only measured fear of injury indirectly through other …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish
version of the Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III. The original three-factor structure of the Fear of …

Although the broad role of fear and hypervigilance in conditions of the gut-brain axis like
irritable bowel syndrome is supported by converging evidence, the underlying mechanisms …

Successful adjustment to dynamic environments requires the simultaneous pursuit of
multiple goals. However, the pursuit of multiple goals may bring about goal conflict. Despite …

Background When suffering from chronic pain, attempts to control or avoid pain often
compete with other daily activities. Engaging in one activity excludes engaging in another …

Cognitive-behavioral treatment programs have been developed to give patients with chronic
pain the opportunity to reassess their beliefs about the relationship between pain and …