Research Studies Opportunities

This study aims to examine the relationship between parental responses, pain catastrophizing and the coping strategies used by the child with chronic pain. The findings from this study will add to the limited literature on childhood chronic pain coping from the perspectives of both parents and children. Previous studies examining the impact of parental responses on children’s pain coping have focused mainly on protective or solicitous responses and gathered responses primarily from mothers alone. The study would like to gather responses from both parents/carers and the child struggling with chronic pain. This study will aim to gather a general overview of the different responses used by parents/carers in the UK in their child’s pain management.