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A biopsychosocial formulation of pain communication.
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We present a detailed framework for understanding the numerous and complicated interactions among psychological and social determinants of pain through examination of the process of pain communication. The focus is on an improved understanding of immediate dyadic transactions during painful events in the context of broader social phenomena. Fine-grain consideration of social transactions during pain leads to an appreciation of sociobehavioral events affecting both suffering persons as well as caregivers. Our examination considers knowledge from a variety of perspectives, including clinical health psychology, social and developmental processes, evolutionary psychology, communication studies, and behavioral neuroscience.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hadjistavropoulos, T., Craig, K. D., Duck, S., Cano, A., Goubert, L., Jackson, P. L., Mogil, J. S., Rainville, P., Sullivan, M. J. L., Williams, A. C. D. C., Vervoort, T., & Fitzgerald, T. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Regina (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- University College London (GB)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 2011-11
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 910-939
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2161506337
- Cited by
- 466
- References
- 365
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 38 · 2015: 42 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 42 · 2012: 26
- FWCI
- 21.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- biblio.ugent.be
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Keywords
- pain communication, biopsychosocial model, dyadic interaction, caregiver-patient interaction
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Animals, Brain, Child, Child, Preschool, Communication, Biological Evolution, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Models, Theoretical, Neurosciences, Pain, Pain Measurement, Social Behavior, Caregivers, Mice, Rats, Pain Perception, Chronic Pain
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