Introduction to the Special Issue: Advances in Behavioral and Psychological Pain Research in Children: From Prevention Through Chronic Pain Management

Pain is a common pediatric health problem, with severe and disabling pain occurring in 5 –10% of youth (Huguet& Miro, 2008). A wide body of psychological research describes the prevalence and impact of chronic pain during childhood and adolescence, and psychosocial and behavioral factors (e.g., pain anxiety, parent responses, sleep disturbances) associated with pain and pain-related disability. Pediatric pain has been a frequent topic of publications in theJournal of Pediatric Psychology over the past two decades (Canter, Amaro, Noser,& Roberts, 2018). The last special issue on pain in children was published in 2006, with a range of topics including conceptual papers on cognitive and functional aspects of chronic pain (Lipani& Walker, 2006), review papers on pain assessment (Eccleston, Jordan,& Crombez, 2006), and results of psychological intervention studies, which targeted youth with fibromyalgia (Degotardi et  al., 2006), abdominal pain (Hicks, von Baeyer,& McGrath, 2006), and recurrent headache (Connelly, Rapoff, Thompson,& Connelly, 2006).
Source: Journal of Pediatric Psychology - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research