A typology of pain coping strategies in pediatric patients with chronic abdominal pain
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This study aimed to identify clinically meaningful profiles of pain coping strategies used by youth with chronic abdominal pain (CAP). Participants (n=699) were pediatric patients (ages 8-18 years) and their parents. Patients completed the Pain Response Inventory (PRI) and measures of somatic and depressive symptoms, disability, pain severity and pain efficacy, and perceived competence. Parents rated their children's pain severity and coping efficacy. Hierarchical cluster analysis based on the 13 PRI subscales identified pain coping profiles in Sample 1 (n=311) that replicated in Sample 2 (n=388). Evidence was found of external validity and distinctiveness of the profiles. The findings support a typology of pain coping that reflects the quality of patients' pain mastery efforts and interpersonal relationships associated with pain coping. Results are discussed in relation to developmental processes, attachment styles, and treatment implications.
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- Authors
- Walker, L. S., Baber, K. F., Garber, J., & Smith, C. A.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Walker, Lynn S.
- Venue
- Pain
- Published
- 2008-07-15
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 266-275
- ISSN
- 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2760309
- OpenAlex
- W1980438413
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 6.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Pain (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK058404, P30DK058404)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD015052, HD 15052, R01HD023264, HD23264)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Keywords
- chronic abdominal pain, pain coping, coping profiles, pediatric patients, coping self-efficacy, perceived competence, attachment styles, somatic symptoms, depressive symptoms, pain intensity, disability
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Aging, Attitude to Health, Child, Chronic Disease, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Pain Measurement, Intractable Pain, Pediatrics, Personality, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Reproducibility of Results, Abdominal Pain, Cluster Analysis, Caregivers
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