PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIORAL-CHARACTERISTICS IN PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE
PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIORAL-CHARACTERISTICS IN PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1526-4610.1987.hed2701016.x
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发表时间:
1987-01-01
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5
通讯作者:
FIRESTONE, P
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作者:
CUNNINGHAM, SJ;MCGRATH, PJ;FIRESTONE, P
Personality and behavioural features in pediatric migraine were investigated in a comparison study of 20 boys and girls with migraine, matched for age and sex with a "pain" control group of 20 children with musculoskeletal pain, and with a "no-pain" control group of 20 children. When the amount of pain experienced by children was controlled, the only discriminating variable was that of somatic complaints which included vomiting nausea, and perceptual disturbances, all migraine-related phenomena. The inclusion of the "pain" control group in this investigation yielded results which indicated that the behavioural and personality features thought to be characteristic of childhood migraine are common to a chronic pain disorder and in fact, the manifestation of many of these features correlate directly with the amont of pain experienced. It is suggested that the personality and behavioural characteristics evident in many children with migraine may result from the recurrent chronic pain episodes rather than in some way being causative of the pain.