Background This is the first update of a review published in 2015, Issue 1. Chronic pain is
common during childhood and adolescence and is associated with negative outcomes, such …

In the pediatric population, pain is frequently under-recognized and inadequately treated.
Improved education and training of health care providers can positively impact the …

Under the auspices of the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in
Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), 26 professionals from academia, governmental agencies, and …

Assessment provides the foundation for diagnosis, selection of treatments, and evaluation of
treatment effectiveness for pediatric patients with acute, recurrent, and chronic pain …

The current study examined the Fear Avoidance (FA) model of chronic pain in pediatric
chronic pain patients. Multiple structural equation models were tested in the current study …

The emotion regulation (ER)-specificity hypothesis assumes that a specific psychological
problem is characterized by a specific maladaptive ER strategy. This hypothesis will be …

Objectives: Internalizing mental health issues co-occur with pediatric chronic pain at high
rates and are linked to worse pain and functioning. Although the field has prioritized anxiety …

The fear‐avoidance model of chronic musculoskeletal pain has become an increasingly
popular conceptualization of the processes and mechanisms through which acute pain can …

Objective: To describe chronic pain—pain that is present most days per month over the past
3 months—in youth with sickle cell disease (SCD). This study characterized differences in …

The current study examined Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU)—the tendency to react negatively
to situations that are uncertain—in psychological problems among adolescents. Using data …