Trait mindfulness and catastrophizing as mediators of the association between pain severity and pain-related impairment

Mun, Chung Jung; Okun, Morris A.; Karoly, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.016

Cited by 33Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Management and Placebo Effect

Trait mindfulness and catastrophizing as mediators of the association between pain severity and pain-related impairment

Mun, Chung Jung, Okun, Morris A., Karoly, Paul·2014·Personality and Individual Differences

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Dispositional mindfulness is inversely related to pain catastrophizing.
“Furthermore, two papers have found that DM is inversely related to pain catastrophizing, which is the tendency to ruminate on feelings of pain and experience increased helplessness (Day et al. 2015; Mun et al. 2014).”
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Authors: Mun, C. J., Okun, M. A., & Karoly, P.
Affiliations: Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author: Mun, Chung Jung
ORCID: Mun, Chung Jung
Karoly, Paul
Venue: Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2014-08
Volume: 66
Pages: 68-73
ISSN: 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.016
OpenAlex: W1985457102
Cited by: 33
References: 47
Citations by year: 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1
FWCI: 3.55
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
Keywords: trait mindfulness, pain catastrophizing, pain intensity, pain-related impairment, pain acceptance, mediation, university students, chronic pain

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