Pain is a major source of global suffering, with women bearing the greatest burden.
Alongside biology, psychological and social factors, including gender, help explain these …

Parental responses to children with chronic pain have been shown to influence the extent of
the child's functional disability, but these associations have not been well studied in relation …

Pain modulation by placebo mechanisms is one of the most robust and best-studied
phenomena, yet almost all research investigating the mechanisms and implications of the …

The current cross-sectional study examined child and adolescent pain severity in relation to
various domains of school functioning and, in line with self-determination theory, the …

Objective Accurate assessment of pain is central to diagnosis and treatment in healthcare,
especially in pediatrics. However, few studies have examined potential biases in adult …

Objectives: Functional abdominal pain (FAP) in youth is associated with substantial
impairment in functioning, and prior research has shown that overprotective parent …

Despite the well-documented sex and gender differences, little is known about the relative
impact of male–female social interactions on pain. Three experiments were conducted to …

This study investigated the association between anxiety sensitivity and pain catastrophizing
in children, caregivers' anxiety sensitivity and catastrophizing about children's pain and …

Objectives: Treatment for childhood leukemia requires frequent lumbar punctures (LP) and
bone marrow aspirations (BMA), often described by children and parents as more …

The present study examined existing communal and operant accounts of children's pain
behavior by looking at the impact of parental presence and parental attention upon …