The extensive literature on the potent role negative thoughts about pain have on the
experience of pain and pain-related suffering has documented associations with important …

Chronic pain is experienced unequally by different population groups; we outline examples
from the pain literature of inequities related to gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic and …

The current work tested whether perceivers believe that women, relative to men, are likely to
exaggerate versus downplay pain, an effect we refer to as the gender-pain exaggeration …

Recent reports have pointed to problems with the term “pain catastrophizing.” Critiques of
the term pain catastrophizing have come from several sources including individuals with …

Sex differences are a robust finding in many areas of adult health, including cardiovascular
disease, psychiatric disorders, and chronic pain. However, many sex differences are not …

Introduction Chronic pain increases the risk of prescription opioid misuse or opioid use
disorder (OUD). Non-pharmacological treatments are needed to dually address pain and …

Anxiety-based cognitive distortions pertaining to somatic perception (ABCD-SPs)—primarily
catastrophizing, fear avoidance, and kinesiophobia—have been repeatedly linked to …

Objective We examined the intersection between chronic pain stigma and racial
discrimination, separately among Black and White US adults with chronic low back pain …

Palliative care teams are increasingly called up to manage chronic pain in cancer survivors.
Chronic pain is common in cancer survivors and is heavily influenced by biopsychosocial …

T here are many ways in which science can go wrong. The well-known replication crisis in
many disciplines has awakened the scientific community to this. 1 In response, there are …