OBJECTIVE: Many questionnaires for assessment of common somatic symptoms or
functional somatic symptoms are available and their use differs greatly among studies. The …

This meta-analysis evaluated the effects of the expressive writing intervention (EW;
Pennebaker & Beall, 1986) among adolescents. Twenty-one independent studies that …

We provide a general framework for understanding functional gastrointestinal disorders
(FGIDs) from a biopsychosocial perspective. More specifically, we provide an overview of …

Background & Aims: Heredity has been suggested to explain the finding that irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS) tends to run in families. Research in this area has been limited. The aim of …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal (GI) disorder that considerably
reduces the quality of life. It further represents an economic burden on society due to the …

The Functional Disability Inventory (FDI; Walker LS, Greene JW. The functional disability
inventory: measuring a neglected dimension of child health status. J Pediatr Psychol 1991; …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of somatic complaints with DSM-III-R-defined
depression, anxiety disorders, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and attention …

Provides further evidence of the validity of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and
normative information about the intensity, frequency, and types of somatic complaints …

Abstract The Pain Response Inventory (PRI) was developed as a multidimensional
instrument to assess children's coping responses to recurrent pain. The PRI assesses 3 …

Objective To review the empirical literature on somatization in the pediatric age group,
emphasizing prevalence, influence on health care utilization, issues in the development of …