Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 113-120 , December 2009

Effects of cognitive pain coping strategies and locus of control on perception of cold pressor pain in healthy individuals: Experimental study

  • Natasa Jokic-Begic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb, Luciceva 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +385 1 6120 089; fax: +385 1 6120 037.
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  • Dragutin Ivanec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb, Luciceva 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Dragana Markanovic

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Philosophy, University J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 2 October 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.10.003

Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 113-120 , December 2009

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