ArticleJournal of health and social behavior2021
Sociology of Chronic Pain.
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- Pooled it
- Long-term exposure to extreme temperature and high-impact chronic pain among middle-aged and older U.S. adults.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2026Article
- Impact of chronic pain on the families of U.S. adults.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Justify your disability! A simulated medical evaluation as a novel stress induction model in chronic pain.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Which is More Predictive of Mortality-Pain Severity or Pain Interference? Evidence from 20-Year Longitudinal Data.The journal of pain · 2026Observational
- Country-level gender inequality and sex disparities in adolescent chronic pain: A 47-country analysis.Preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Chronic Pain in Vietnam: Risk, Resilience, and Timing.Journal of health and social behavior · 2026Article
- Educational Disparities in Disability in Mid- to Late-Life: How Much is Attributable to Pain?Journal of aging and health · 2026Article
- International trends and social disparities in pain of adults aged 50 years and older in 22 countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas: a longitudinal population-based study.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2026Article
- Stigma, Scarcity and the Price of Legitimacy: Chronic Pain Advocacy and the Politics of Pharmaceutical Partnerships in Canada.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
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- "You know, we're all human beings": A qualitative study on the perceived needs of people experiencing chronic pain with regard to physiotherapy services.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026Article
- When the Social Foundations of the World are Disrupted: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Suffering in Pain and Stress Among Individuals Living with Chronic Pain.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
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- Challenging neurotypical norms: Autistic adults' understandings of health.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Discovery of a long-acting nanocrystal formulation of INND-2201, a new co-drug of pregabalin and palmitoylethanolamide with synergistic analgesic effects.Pharmaceutical science advances · 2025Article
- Chronic pain prevalence and trends in urban, suburban, and rural areas among American adults aged 55+, 1998-2022.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Pain disparities among Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic low back pain: The differential role of psychological distress.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Welfare policies, joint pain prevalence and educational gaps in 50 U.S. states from 2011 to 2021: A fixed effects analysis.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Social factors contributing to the development of chronic low back pain: a scoping review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Chronic pain is a common, costly, and consequential health problem. However, despite some important analytic contributions, sociological research on pain has not yet coalesced into a unified subfield. We present three interrelated bodies of evidence and illustrative new empirical findings using 2010 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey data to argue that pain should have a central role in sociological investigations of health. Specifically, we contend that (1) pain is a sensitive barometer of population health and well-being, (2) pain is emblematic of many contested and/or chronic conditions, and (3) pain and pain treatment reflect and have wide-ranging implications for public policy. Overall, whether pain is analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively-focusing on its distribution in the population, its social causes and consequences, or its subjective meanings for individuals-pain reflects social conditions, sociopolitical context, and health-related beliefs of a society. Pain is thus an important frontier for future sociological research.
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