Incorporating family function into chronic pain disability: the role of catastrophizing

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buir.contributor.authorKhatibi, Ali
dc.citation.epage9en_US
dc.citation.spage1en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber2016en_US
dc.contributor.authorAkbari, F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDehghani, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhatibi, Alien_US
dc.contributor.authorVervoort, T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T11:05:41Z
dc.date.available2018-04-12T11:05:41Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.departmentInterdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience (NEUROSCIENCE)en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.departmentAysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center (BAM)en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Observers' responses to pain are recently investigated to more comprehensively explain chronic pain (CP) and disability. However, the role of family context, defined as interference in roles, communication, and problem-solving, and how (i.e., through which mechanisms) these variables contribute to CP related disability have yet to be examined. Objectives: The aim of the present study is to examine family context in relationship to pain catastrophizing, fear of movement, and depression and its role in understanding CP disability. Three different models were examined. Methods: A total sample of 142 patients with musculoskeletal chronic pain was recruited to examine the role of fear of movement, pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, and depression in relationship to family functioning as predictors of disability. Results: Findings indicated that two models showed acceptable fit, but one of them revealed superior fit indices. Results of the model with superior fit indices indicated that family dysfunction may contribute to catastrophic thinking, which, in turn, contributes to patients' disability through increasing fear of movement and depression. Discussion.The current study provides further support for the notion that the impact of emotional and cognitive variables upon CP-related disability can be better understood when we consider the social context of pain patients and family function in particular. Copyright © 2016 Fatemeh Akbari et al.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2016/6838596en_US
dc.identifier.issn1203-6765
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/37197
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6838596en_US
dc.source.titlePain Research and Managementen_US
dc.titleIncorporating family function into chronic pain disability: the role of catastrophizingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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