Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study investigated the value of pain catastrophizing in explaining pain, disability and somatic complaints, beyond negative affectivity. Two cross-sectional studies, one in a sample of school children (n = 193) and a second in a clinical sample of children with recurrent or chronic pain (n = 43), were conducted. In both studies, measures of pain catastrophizing and negative affectivity were examined for their ability to explain pain, disability, and somatic complaints. In both studies, pain catastrophizing significantly accounted for the variance of pain, disability and somatic complaints, beyond the effects of age, sex, and negative affectivity. Furthermore, pain catastrophizing significantly mediated the relationship between negative affectivity and somatic complaints in both studies, and between negative affectivity and functional disability Study 1. Results suggest the importance of assessing for pain catastrophizing in children. Pain catastrophizing is further discussed in terms of communicating distress to significant others. 1 Vervoort, T., Goubert, L., Eccleston, C., Bijttebier, P., & Crombez, G. (2006). Catastrophic thinking about pain is independently associated with pain severity, disability, and somatic complaints in school children and children with chronic pain. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 674-683.
Author: Tine Vervoort
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2310647941