Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests a complex psychoneuroimmunoendocrine (PNIE) involvement in the aetiology of chronic intractable pain. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), a well validated 28 item screening instrument has been used primarily to dichotomize clinical/community populations as to the presence/absence of childhood maltreatment. A novel application for the CTQ is to use it as a predictor variable for psychophysiological correlates of relational early life stress (ELSr) – rather than for diagnostic/survey purposes. University-students (M/F:14/11, aged 19–35 years) recruited for a pain study completed several questionnaires (DASS/EPQ/PBI/DS14/CTQ) and attended a semi-structured clinical interview that included the SCID screening module. In a second session students were exposed to the cold pressor test (CPT) ie hand immersion in ice water ( p p p p p p
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