ArticleJournal of pain research2018
Associations of adverse childhood experiences and bullying on physical pain in the general population of Germany.
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- Impact of adverse childhood experiences on analgesia-related outcomes: a systematic review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- Adverse childhood experience is associated with an increased risk of reporting chronic pain in adulthood: a stystematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
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- Bullying as an Adverse Childhood Experience?-State of the Art.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Impact of adverse life experiences on pain, depression, anxiety, and comorbidities: a youth longitudinal sample.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Parental upheaval experienced in childhood and its effect on pain-related cognitions across the lifespan: an exploratory investigation.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- More severe history of childhood adversity is linked to greater surface area of induced secondary hyperalgesia.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- Child maltreatment and pediatric pain: A survey of healthcare professionals' pain knowledge and pain management techniques.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Low Back Pain in Adulthood: The Role of Emotion Regulation.The journal of pain · 2024Observational
- A preliminary examination of the effects of childhood abuse and resilience on pain and physical functioning in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Scandinavian journal of pain · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and prescription opioid use during pregnancy: an analysis of the North and South Dakota PRAMS, 2019-2020.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- The effect of childhood trauma and resilience on psychopathology in adulthood: Does bullying moderate the associations?BMC psychology · 2023Article
- What is the association between childhood adversity and subsequent chronic pain in adulthood? A systematic review.BJA open · 2023Review
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Prescription Opioid Use During Pregnancy: An Analysis of the North and South Dakota PRAMS, 2019-2020.Research square · 2023Article
- Traumatic Events, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Central Sensitization in Chronic Pain Patients of a German University Outpatient Pain Clinic.Psychosomatic medicine · 2023Article
- Hidden family rules: perspective on a dysfunctional paternalistic system and the persistence of pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Perspectives on emotional memory images and the persistence of pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Health-related quality of life and recovery capital among recovery residents taking medication for opioid use disorder in Texas.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic pain is a frequent burden in the general population. Child maltreatment and bullying are risk factors for the development of chronic pain. Aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association of child maltreatment and bullying and pain experiences in a representative sample of the general population. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of N=2,491 people from the general population of Germany participated in the study (M
resultsA significant correlation between increasing pain levels and number of adverse childhood experiences was found. With regard to specific types of maltreatment, largest effect sizes were found for emotional abuse. Bullying was significantly, but overall rather moderately, related to pain suffering. In women, all forms of maltreatment were associated with pain, while in men only sexual and physical abuse revealed significant effects. Although depression and anxiety scores were significantly associated with the experience of current pain, they did not change the effect of child maltreatment on pain significantly.
conclusionIn this sample of the general population, adverse childhood experiences were significantly associated with pain and showed cumulative effects, over and above depressive and anxiety symptoms.
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