Everyday worry in adolescents with and without chronic pain: A diary study
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Young people report frequent worry, but we know little about the extent, character, or consequence of worry in adolescence, or individual differences associated with worry. Adolescents with chronic pain are one population that are known to have high levels of anxiety, which is associated with higher levels of disability and depression, impairing function. In this study we report a diary study: adolescents (N = 60; aged 16-18) recorded their worry over seven days. Our first aim was to describe the characteristics of adolescent worry and its consequences in a community sample. Our second aim was to compare the experience of girls to boys, and to compare the experience of those with and without chronic pain. Adolescents reported characteristics of each worry they had throughout the week, including content, frequency, strength, interference, emotion, and the strength of emotion associated with worry content. Adolescents reported the consequence for each content and the strength of the consequence. Worry content and consequences were categorised into four categories; health, relationship, personal competence, and other. Adolescents reported 675 unique episodes of worry over the seven-day period that were predominantly about personal competence. The strength of worry content was (M = 6.61, SD = 1.27) and the strength associated with the worry consequence was (M = 5.59, SD = 1.41). Worries were not reported as highly interfering (M = 4.14, SD = 1.61). Contrary to predictions, there were no differences in worry characteristics between adolescents with and without chronic pain. To conclude, worry is a frequent occurrence in older adolescents and the characteristics of worry are discussed. Adolescents worry mostly about personal competence. Adolescents with and without chronic pain reported similar worry characteristics.
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A diary study of everyday worries recorded by adolescents with and without chronic pain in the community found no differences in the types of worry between groups, though within the category of health worries pain-related worries were common for both groups.
“A diary study of everyday worries recorded by adolescents with and without CP in the community [15] found no differences in the types of worry between groups, though they did find that within the category of “health worries” pain-related worries were common for both groups.”
From "Why Isn't It Going Away?": A Qualitative Exploration of Worry and Pain Experiences in Adolescents with Chronic Pain. (2021) · cites this paper as [15]
Fisher et al. found no differences in everyday worries among youths with and without CP and found that personal competence worries were common among both groups.
“Fisher et al. [15] found no differences in everyday worries among youths with and without CP and found that personal competence worries were common among both groups.”
From "Why Isn't It Going Away?": A Qualitative Exploration of Worry and Pain Experiences in Adolescents with Chronic Pain. (2021) · cites this paper as [15]
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- Authors
- Fisher, E., Keogh, E., & Eccleston, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Bath (GB)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Fisher, Emma
- Venue
- Psychology, Health & Medicine
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 800-807
- ISSN
- 1354-8506 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3966
- OpenAlex
- W2585942889
- Semantic Scholar
- 09fdd4fc7e33e9eec5bb5a83d4be8406a8486b7c
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- biblio.ugent.be
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Psychology Health & Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University Research Studentship Graduate School Award (University of Bath)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- worry, adolescents, chronic pain, personal competencies, gender differences, anxiety
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anxiety, Female, Humans, Male, Self Report, Chronic Pain
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