title: A biopsychosocial formulation of pain communication.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hadjistavropoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duck
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Wayne State University.
authors.forename: Annmarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University.
authors.forename: Liesbet
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goubert
authors.affiliation: Ecole de Psychologie, Universite Laval.
authors.forename: Philip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mogil
authors.affiliation: Departement de stomatologie, Universite de Montreal.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rainville
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University.
authors.forename: Michael J L
authors.initials: MJL
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London.
authors.forename: Amanda C de C
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3761-8704
authors.initials: ACC
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University.
authors.forename: Tine
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vervoort
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Theresa Dever
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009488:Neurosciences; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D058748:Pain Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012919:Social Behavior