Kai Karos (K.J.)

Karos, K., Ashton-James, C. E., McParland, J., & Hirsh, A. T. (2025). COVID-19 and chronic pain: Implications and lessons learned. Current Opinion in Psychology, 62, Article 101985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101985

Kapos, F. P., Craig, K. D., Anderson, S. R., Bernardes, S. F., Hirsh, A. T., Karos, K., Keogh, E., Reynolds Losin, E. A., McParland, J. L., Moore, D. J., & Ashton-James, C. E. (2024). Social Determinants and Consequences of Pain: Toward Multilevel, Intersectional, and Life Course Perspectives. The Journal of Pain, 25(10), Article 104608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104608

Jaltare, K. P., Vanderijst, L., Karos, K., & Torta, D. M. (2023). The impact of the social context on the development of secondary hyperalgesia: an experimental study. Pain, 164(12), 2711-2724. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002971

Karos, K. (2022). Discrimination as one of the social plights facing people with pain. Pain, 163(2), E149-E150. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002369

Alleva, J. M., Karos, K., Meadows, A., Waldén, M. I., Stutterheim, S. E., Lissandrello, F., & Atkinson, M. J. (2021). "What can her body do?": Reducing weight stigma by appreciating another person's body functionality. PLOS ONE, 16(5), Article e0251507. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251507

Karos, K., Meulders, A., Leyssen, T., & Vlaeyen, J. W. (2020). Freeze-like responses to pain in humans and its modulation by social context. PEERJ, 8, Article 10094. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10094

Karos, K., McParland, J. L., Bunzli, S., Devan, H., Hirsh, A., Kapos, F. P., Keogh, E., Moore, D., Tracy, L. M., & Ashton-James, C. E. (2020). The social threats of COVID-19 for people with chronic pain. Pain, 161(10), 2229-2235. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002004

D'Agostini, M., Karos, K., Kindermans, H. P. J., & Vancleef, L. M. G. (2020). Effects of (in)validation and plain versus technical language on the experience of experimentally induced pain: A computer controlled simulation paradigm. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 67, Article 101473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.03.008

Karos, K., Meulders, A., Goubert, L., & Vlaeyen, J. W. S. (2020). Hide your pain: Social threat increases pain reports and aggression, but reduces facial pain expression and empathy. The Journal of Pain, 21(3-4), 334-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.06.014

Karos, K., de C Williams, A. C., Meulders, A., & Vlaeyen, J. W. S. (2018). Pain as a threat to the social self: a motivational account. Pain, 159(9), 1690-1695. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001257