xii, 311 p. : 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Early approaches to the study of personality and pain. History of psychoanalytic ideas concerning pain / Herold Mersky -- Psychometric testing : the early years and the MMPI / Richard C. Robinson. Advances in personality testing in patients with chronic pain. Assessing personality with the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory, the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic, and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory / Neil Bockian, Sarah Meager and Theodore Millon -- Nonpathological factors in chronic pain : implications for assessment and treatment / James B. Wade and Donald Price -- The MMPI-2 and chronic pain / William W. Deardorff

Nonpathological personality characteristics of pain. Relationship of pain-coping strategies to adjustment and functioning / Douglas E. DeGood -- Locus on control in the patient with chronic pain / Janette L. Saville and Amy B. Robinson -- Extraversion-introversion and chronic pain / Jennifer M. Phillips and Robert J. Gatchel -- Perceived optimism and chronic pain / John P. Garofalo. Personality disorders and chronic pain. Studies investigating the prevalence of personality disorders in patients with chronic pain / James N. Weisberg -- How practitioners should evaluate personality to help manage patients with chronic pain / Robert J. Gatchel -- Personality and pain : summary and future perspectives / James N. Weisberg ... [et al.]

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