Disposition and adjustment to chronic pain
Abstract
Several empirical studies have shown that personal characteristics act as differential variables, which determine how pain is experienced and how the chronic pain patient adjusts to pain. The main aim of the present research is to review the relationships between some dispositional characteristics and pain adjustment. Taking into account the empirical literature, 6 personality traits that are relevant to the pain experience have been selected: neuroticism, anxiety sensitivity, and experiential avoidance as risk factors that increase the probability of patients experiencing a disability; and extraversion, optimism, and resilience as personal resources that increase their capacity to manage pain effectively. The results suggest that it would be useful to include an assessment of normal personality structure during the multi-dimensional evaluation of a person with chronic pain. Understanding these individual personality characteristics will aid in designing pain intervention programs and help predict possible treatment outcomes.
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Mindfulness and experiential avoidance have been examined as personal dispositions that vary across individuals.
“In addition to their utility as psychotherapeutic targets, mindfulness and experiential avoidance have been examined as personal dispositions that vary across individuals [31, 37-39]”
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- Authors
- Ramírez-Maestre, C., & Esteve, R.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de Málaga (ES)
- ORCID
- Esteve, Rosa
- Venue
- Current Pain and Headache Reports
- Published
- 2013-01-22
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 312-312
- ISSN
- 1531-3433 (ISSN-L)
- 1534-3081
- OpenAlex
- W2040249454
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 109
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current Pain and Headache Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Keywords
- chronic pain, personality traits, neuroticism, anxiety sensitivity, experiential avoidance, extraversion, optimism, resilience, disability, pain management, treatment outcome prediction
- MeSH terms
- Neuroticism, Adaptation, Psychological, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Attitude to Health, Female, Humans, Male, Personality, Risk Factors, Sick Role, Patient Selection, Patient-Centered Care, Chronic Pain
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