Components of Mindfulness in Patients with Chronic Pain
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The inclusion of mindfulness in intervention with ACT can promote life functioning in spite of pain.
“the inclusion of mindfulness in intervention with ACT as one of the therapeutic components for facilitating acceptance and distancing from one's thoughts can promote life functioning in spite of pain”
From Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Fibromyalgia Patients (2024) · cites this paper as McCracken & Thompson, 2009
Increased level of mindfulness is positively associated with lower levels of pain related anxiety, depression and disability, and lower levels of pain catastrophizing.
“More specifically, increased level of mindfulness has been positively associated with lower levels of pain related anxiety, depression and disability [5, 14, 15], and lower levels of pain catastrophizing [14].”
From A 13-weeks mindfulness based pain management program improves psychological distress in patients with chronic pain compared with waiting list controls (2016) · cites this paper as [15]
Level of mindfulness and acceptance of the chronic pain condition are positively correlated with improvement in disability and psychological functioning, and level of mindfulness is an important mechanism associated with improvement in disability and psychological functioning.
“Overall, the results indicate that level of mindfulness and acceptance of the chronic pain condition are positively correlated with improvement in disability and psychological functioning [9, 15, 16] and that level of mindfulness is an important mechanism associated with improvement in disability and psychological functioning.”
From A 13-weeks mindfulness based pain management program improves psychological distress in patients with chronic pain compared with waiting list controls (2016) · cites this paper as [15]
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- Authors
- McCracken, L. M., & Thompson, M.
- Affiliations
- Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (GB)
- Corresponding author
- McCracken, Lance M.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
- Published
- 2008-09-24
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 75-82
- ISSN
- 0164-0305 (ISSN-L)
- 0882-2689
- 1573-3505
- OpenAlex
- W2002019936
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 3.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.uwe.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (publishedVersion)
- UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Keywords
- mindfulness, chronic pain, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, factor structure, acting with awareness, responsiveness, social awareness, emotional functioning, physical function, social functioning, mindfulness-based interventions
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