| Reference : Implicit associations between pain and self-schema in patients with chronic pain. |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Theoretical & cognitive psychology | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/30783 | |||
| Implicit associations between pain and self-schema in patients with chronic pain. | |
| English | |
Van Ryckeghem, Dimitri  [Ghent University > Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology] | |
| De Houwer, Jan [> >] | |
| Van Bockstaele, Bram [> >] | |
| Van Damme, Stefaan [> >] | |
| De Schryver, Maarten [> >] | |
| Crombez, Geert [> >] | |
| 2013 | |
| Pain | |
| 154 | |
| 12 | |
| 2700-6 | |
| Yes (verified by ORBilu) | |
| International | |
| 0304-3959 | |
| 1872-6623 | |
| United States | |
| [en] Adult ; Aged ; Association ; Chronic Pain/diagnosis/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pain Measurement/methods/psychology ; Photic Stimulation/methods ; Self Concept ; Self Report ; Young Adult ; Chronic pain ; Implicit Association Test ; Self | |
| [en] Chronic pain often interferes with daily functioning, and may become a threat to an individual's sense of self. Despite the development of a recent theoretical account focussing upon the relationship between the presence of chronic pain and a person's self, research investigating this idea is limited. In the present study we aimed to (1) compare the strength of association between self- and pain schema in patients with chronic pain and healthy control subjects and (2) research whether the strength of association between self- and pain-schema is related to particular pain-related outcomes and individual differences of patients with chronic pain. Seventy-three patients with chronic pain (M(age) = 49.95; SD = 9.76) and 53 healthy volunteers (M(age) = 48.53; SD = 10.37) performed an Implicit Association Test (IAT) to assess the strength of association between pain- and self-schema. Patients with chronic pain also filled out self-report measures of pain severity, pain suffering, disability, depression, anxiety, acceptance, and helplessness. Results indicated that the pain- and self-schema were more strongly associated in patients with chronic pain than in healthy control subjects. Second, results indicated that, in patients with chronic pain, a stronger association between self- and pain-schema, as measured with the IAT, is related to a heightened level of pain severity, pain suffering, anxiety, and helplessness. Current findings give first support for the use of an IAT to investigate the strength of association between self- and pain-schema in patients with chronic pain and suggest that pain therapies may incorporate techniques that intervene on the level of self-pain enmeshment. | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/30783 | |
| Copyright (c) 2013 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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