Reference : The Moderating Role of Attention Control in the Relationship Between Pain Catastrophi...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Theoretical & cognitive psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/49192

Title :	The Moderating Role of Attention Control in the Relationship Between Pain Catastrophizing and Negatively-Biased Pain Memories in Youth With Chronic Pain
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Wauters, Aline []
	Noel, Melanie []
	van Ryckeghem, Dimitri [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) >]
	Soltani, Sabine []
	Vervoort, Tine []
Publication date :	Oct-2021
Journal title :	Journal of Pain
Publisher :	Churchill Livingstone
Volume :	22
Issue/season :	10
Pages :	1303-1314
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1526-5900
e-ISSN :	1528-8447
Country :	United States
Keywords :	[en] Pediatric pain ; attention control ; negatively-biased pain memories ; pain catastrophizing ; pain memory bias
Abstract :	[en] The present study examined the role of attention control in understanding the development of negatively-biased pain memories as well as its moderating role in the relationship between pain catastrophizing and negatively-biased pain memories. Youth with chronic pain (N = 105) performed a cold pressor task (CPT) and completed self-report measures of state/trait pain catastrophizing and attention control, with the latter comprising both attention focusing and attention shifting. Two weeks after the CPT, youth's pain-related memories were elicited via telephone allowing to compute pain and anxiety memory bias indices (ie, recalling pain intensity or pain-related anxiety, respectively, as higher than initially reported). Results indicated no main effects of attention control and pain catastrophizing on pain memories. However, both components of attention control (ie, attention focusing and attention shifting) moderated the impact of pain catastrophizing on youth's memory bias, with opposite interaction effects. Specifically, whereas high levels of attention shifting buffered the influence of high pain catastrophizing on the development of pain memory bias, high levels of attention focusing strengthened the influence of high pain catastrophizing on the development of anxiety memory bias. Interaction effects were confined to trait catastrophizing (ie, not state catastrophizing). Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed. PERSPECTIVE: This article investigates the role of attention control in the development of negatively-biased pain memories in children with chronic pain. Findings underscore the importance of targeting differential components of attention control and can inform intervention efforts to minimize the development of negatively biased pain memories in youth with chronic pain.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/49192
DOI :	10.1016/j.jpain.2021.04.010

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