Social interaction in pain: reinforcing pain behaviors or building intimacy

Cano, Annmarie; de C. Williams, Amanda C.

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.010

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Social interaction in pain: reinforcing pain behaviors or building intimacy

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aDepartment of Psychology, 5057 Woodward Avenue-7th Floor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA bResearch Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK *Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 313 577 1492; fax: +1 313 577 7636. E-mail addresses:[email protected], [email protected] Submitted February 20, 2009; revised July 30, 2009; accepted October 14, 2009.

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Authors: Cano, A., & de C. Williams, A. C.
Venue: Pain
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2010-04
Volume: 149
Issue: 1
Pages: 9-11
ISSN: 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.010
PMC: PMC2834842
OpenAlex: W1968003444
Cited by: 190
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 5.05
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Pain (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (MH61569, K01MH066975, R03MH061569)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
Keywords: social interaction, pain behavior, intimacy, interpersonal relationships, pain management
MeSH terms: Empathy, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Models, Biological, Pain, Reinforcement, Social, Social Behavior

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