Chronic Pain in the Classroom: Teachers' Attributions about the Causes of Chronic Pain

Autor/inn/en	Logan, Deirdre E.; Catanese, Sarah P.; Coakley, Rachael M.; Scharff, Lisa
Titel	Chronic Pain in the Classroom: Teachers' Attributions about the Causes of Chronic Pain
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 77 (2007) 5, S.248-256 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00200.x
Schlagwörter	School Personnel; Psychology; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Pain; Teacher Attitudes; Adolescents; Medical Evaluation; Models; Attribution Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulpersonal; Psychologie; Schmerz; Lehrerverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Background: School absenteeism and other impairments in school function are significant problems among children with chronic pain syndromes; yet, little is known about how chronic pain is perceived in the school setting. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' attributions about the causes of chronic pain in adolescent students. Methods: Classroom teachers (n = 260) read vignettes describing a hypothetical student with limb pain. They were presented with a list of possible physical and psychological causes for the pain and asked to identify the causes to which they attributed the pain. Vignettes varied by the presence or absence of (1) documented medical evidence for the pain and (2) communication from the medical team. Teachers also responded to questions assessing their responses to the student in terms of support for academic accommodations and sympathy for the student. Results: Teachers tended to endorse a dualistic (ie, either physical or psychological) model for pain rather than a biopsychosocial model. Documented medical evidence supporting the pain was the most influential factor affecting teachers' attributions about chronic pain. Teachers who attributed the pain to physical causes--either in isolation or in combination with psychological causes--responded more positively toward the student. Conclusions: Many teachers lack a biopsychosocial framework through which to understand chronic pain syndromes in students. How chronic pain is described to school personnel may affect how teachers understand the pain and respond to it. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10