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Pain psychology

Uncovering the mechanism linking education expectation and suicide ideation among students in tertiary education: The mediating role of academic burnout, psychache, and hopelessness

Mohammad Izzat Morshidi, Peter K. H. Chew, Lidia Suarez

published 18 Dec 2025

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Classification of chronic pain and spinal cord stimulation response using machine learning in magnetoencephalography data

Bart Witjes, Martijn P. A. Starmans, Frank J.P.M. Huygen, Cecile C. de Vos

published 05 Dec 2025

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Longitudinal modeling of health-related quality of life trajectories over 12 months following road trauma

Somayeh Momenyan, Herbert Chan, Shannon Erdelyi, Lulu X. Pei, Lina Jae, John A. Taylor, John A. Staples, Jeffrey R. Brubacher

published 21 Nov 2025

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Indirect associations of pain resilience and kinesiophobia with the relationship between physical activity and chronic pain

Nils Georg Niederstrasser, Nina Attridge, P. Maxwell Slepian

published 22 Oct 2025

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Determinants of general health perception among individuals with chronic low back pain overtime: structural equation modeling

Owis Eilayyan, Line Enjalbert-Auneau, Sara Ahmed

published 23 May 2025

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Self-suppressing behavioral patterns and depressive traits exacerbate chronic pain: Psychological trait assessment using the structured association technique method

Shin Hashizume, Masako Nakano, Chihiro Ikehata, Nobuaki Himuro, Kanna Nagaishi, Mineko Fujimiya

published 17 Mar 2025

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Determinants of oral health-related quality of life in orthodontic aligner wearers: A cross-sectional analysis

Gabriela Luiza Nunes Souza, José Alcides Almeida de Arruda, Pâmella de Moura Dario, Esdras de Campos França, Marcelo de Araújo Lombardi, Giselle Cabral da Costa, Najara Barbosa Rocha, Lucas Guimarães Abreu

published 13 Mar 2025

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Unraveling the impact of kinesiophobia on proprioception and balance: Mediation by pain, mobility, and psychological wellbeing in post-total hip replacement recovery

Shaker Hassan S. Alshehri, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Hani Hassan Alnakhli, Ajay Prashad Gautam, Mohammad A. ALMohiza, Abdullah Mohammed Alyami, Saeed Y. Al Adal, Snehil Dixit, Faisal M. Alyazedi

published 05 Dec 2024

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Sex-differences in psychological readiness for return-to-sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Turk Robby, Nadim Hussein, Arakua Welbeck, Mallory Faherty, Carolyn Killelea, Lee Diehl, Jocelyn Wittstein, Jonathan Riboh, Alison Toth, Ned Amendola, Timothy C. Sell

published 18 Sep 2024

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Acceptance and commitment therapy for patients with chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis on psychological outcomes and quality of life

Lu Ye, Yunhua Li, Qingchuan Deng, Xin Zhao, Lili Zhong, Li Yang

published 14 Jun 2024

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Assessing pain severity and treatment outcomes in patients with low back pain: A Structural equation modeling approach at the center for the rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Bangladesh

Mohammad Arifur Rahman, Sanjida Tasnim, Md. Forhad Hossain

published 31 May 2024

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Effects of pain education on disability, pain, quality of life, and self-efficacy in chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

Mohammad Sidiq, Tufail Muzaffar, Balamurugan Janakiraman, Shariq Masoodi, Rajkumar Krishnan Vasanthi, Arunachalam Ramachandran, Nitesh Bansal, Aksh Chahal, Faizan Zaffar Kashoo, Moattar Raza Rizvi, Ankita Sharma, Richa Hirendra Rai, Rituraj Verma, Monika Sharma, Sajjad Alam, Krishna Reddy Vajrala, Jyoti Sharma, Ramprasad Muthukrishnan

published 28 May 2024

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Pain and daily interference among reproductive-age women with myofascial pelvic pain: Serial mediation roles of kinesiophobia, self-efficacy and pain catastrophizing

Mingyu Si, Juan Chen, Xue Zhang, Lan Zhu, Yu Jiang

published 13 May 2024

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