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Psychological Trauma Exposure and Pain-Related Outcomes Among People with Chronic Low Back Pain: Moderated Mediation by Thought Suppression and Social Constraints

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This research was funded by grants from the National Institute of Health (AR057047 and AR057808).

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  1. Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 5057 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    Sheri E. Pegram MA, Mark A. Lumley PhD & Matthew J. Jasinski MA

  2. Rush University, 600 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    John W. Burns PhD

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Authors’ Statement of Conflict of Interest and Adherence to Ethical Standards Authors Pegram, Lumley, Jasinski, and Burns declare that they have no conflict of interest. All procedures, including the informed consent process, were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000.

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Pegram, S.E., Lumley, M.A., Jasinski, M.J. et al. Psychological Trauma Exposure and Pain-Related Outcomes Among People with Chronic Low Back Pain: Moderated Mediation by Thought Suppression and Social Constraints. ann. behav. med. 51, 316–320 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-016-9838-0

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