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Psychosocial Factors and Prediction of Headaches in College Adults
Author(s) -
Labbé Elise E.,
Murphy Lisa,
O'Brien Carol
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3701001.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , headaches , clinical psychology , psychology , stressor , medicine , regression analysis , perception , migraine , psychiatry , machine learning , neuroscience , computer science
The current study evaluated psychosocial variables that may contribute to the experience of headache in college adults. One hundred ninety‐nine participants, 103 women and 96 men, completed head pain logs for 4 weeks after completing measures assessing psychosocial variables. Multiple regression analyses indicated that level of emotional functioning, perception of stress, and gender were predictive of future headache frequency, intensity, and duration. Family history and health habits did not predict headache activity. These findings are consistent with research investigating psychosocial variables and headache activity.