Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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Catastrophizing and pain sensitivity among chronic pain patients: moderating effects of sensory and affect focus.
Pain catastrophizing is a particularly harmful cognitive factor among patients with chronic pain, but little is known of mechanisms linking this factor to pain and disability. ⋯ Catastrophizing about pain may affect pain severity and distress of chronic pain patients through a bias toward processing the most disturbing elements of a painful stimulus.