Relationships among psychological functioning, dental anxiety, pain perception, and coping in children and adolescents.

A Dissertation Entitled Relationships among Psychological Functioning, Dental Anxiety, Pain Perception, and Coping in Children and Adolescents By

Dental fear & anxiety and dental pain in children and adolescents; a systemic review

BACKGROUND There are few previous studies investigating the relationship of dental fear and anxiety (DFA) with dental pain among children and adolescents. To address this issue, we examined the literature published between November 1873 and May 2015 to evaluate the prevalence of DFA and dental pain among children and adolescents, and their relationships with age and sex. METHODS We performed ...

Psychiatric Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Pain

The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience,” which recognizes both the physiological and psychological aspects of pain. According to the Biobehavioral Model of Pediatric Pain (Varni 1989), biological factors (e.g., temperament, age, gender, cognitive development), family factors, cognitive perceptions, coping styles, and p...

Is postoperative pain a self-fulfilling prophecy? Expectancy effects on postoperative pain and patient-controlled analgesia use among adolescent surgical patients.

OBJECTIVE To explore relationships among anxiety, anticipated pain, coping styles, postoperative pain, and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) use among adolescent surgical patients and their parents. METHODS Sixty-five 12- to 18-year-old surgical patients undergoing surgery with postoperative PCA pain management were included. Before surgery, adolescents and parents reported anxiety and expec...

Parent reports of coping and stress responses in children with recurrent abdominal pain.

OBJECTIVE To examine relationships among coping, stress responses, pain, somatic symptoms, and anxious/depressed symptoms in a sample of children and adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). METHOD We assessed parents' reports of coping and involuntary responses to stress in relation to pain, somatic symptoms, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a sample of 174 children and adol...