Anxiety sensitivity and fear of pain in children.
Associations among scores on scales of anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety and a fear of pain questionnaire were examined for 118 children. Analysis showed that anxiety sensitivity was positively and substantially related to fear of pain in the children. Furthermore, the data suggested anxiety sensitivity to be a better predictor of fear of pain than trait anxiety.
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Department of Medical, Clinical, and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. p.muris@dep.unimaas.nl
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D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index