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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The relationship between greater mindfulness and less subjective experience of chronic pain: Mediating functions of pain management self‐efficacy and emotional intelligence

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Pages 181-186 | Received 19 Sep 2013, Accepted 06 Nov 2013, Published online: 20 Nov 2020

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