Psychological aspects of persistent pain: current state of the science.

By Francis J. Keefe, M. Rumble, C. Scipio, L. Giordano, Lisacaitlin M Perri. Journal of Pain, 2004

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Structural Equation Modeling in Rehabilitation Counseling Research (2007, background): “This is not unexpected, as catastrophizing as a negative coping strategy has been found to be a factor uniquely different from the rest of the positive coping strategy factors ( Keefe, Rumble, Scipio, Giordano, & Perri, 2004 ).”
Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain (2006, background): “, 1995), psychosocial factors such as level of depression, anxiety, pain catastrophizing, fear and/or helplessness, job satisfaction, and environmental reinforcers such as compensation and litigation (Greenough, 1993; Keefe et al., 2004).”
The biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain: scientific advances and future directions. (2007, background): “Recent reviews of psychological factors in chronic pain have concluded that the evidence for the role of self-efficacy across a broad range of pain populations is impressive (Geisser, Robinson, Miller, & Bade, 2003; Keefe et al., 2004).”
The pain self‐efficacy questionnaire: Taking pain into account (2007, background): “The finding that correlations between the PSEQ and pain experience (pain severity and MPQ subscales), and other somatic perceptions (MSPQ), were generally quite low suggests that while pain experience is reflected in self-efficacy beliefs (in an inverse relationship), other factors contribute to sel”