Beyond good and bad coping: A multidimensional examination of coping with pain in persons with rheumatoid arthritis
Authors:
- Craig A. SmithCraig A. Smith
- W. DowdyWDW. Dowdy
Open Access
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Behavioral Medicine
- Vol. 19 (1) , 11-21
Abstract
This article examines the utility of using a multidimensional instrument to assess pain coping in two samples of persons with rheumatoid arthritis (toKeywords
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