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The long-term impact of pain and pain-related stigma includes lower educational attainments, decreased vocational functionality, and social impairments in adults after having experienced chronic pain in adolescence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this article, the authors will explore the effects and mechanisms of gender-specific peer support in disrupting this trajectory to adverse outcomes. Through individual interviews consisting of open-ended questions, the researchers gathered narrative data from<jats:italic>Curvy Girls<\/jats:italic>members, a community-based peer support group for girls and young women living with scoliosis. 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