ArticleJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2011
The relationship between the fear-avoidance model of pain and personality traits in fibromyalgia patients.
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- The role of personality in patients with fibromyalgia.Clinical rheumatology · 2019Trial
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- Pain Catastrophizing: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Personality traits have an effect on pain-related psychological variables in patients with chronic low back pain.PloS one · 2026Article
- Personality Traits in Fibromyalgia: Aggravators and Attenuators of Clinical Symptoms and Medication Use.Behavioural neurology · 2025Article
- Vitamin D Levels Are Associated With Pain and Pain Catastrophizing in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2024Article
- Patients with fibromyalgia in Finnish healthcare center - one-year follow up.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2023Observational
- Psychological Profile in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Migraine and Neuroticism: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Fibromyalgia in Older Individuals.Drugs & aging · 2021Review
- More Insight on the Role of Personality Traits and Sensitivity to Experimental Pain.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Personality Traits in Burning Mouth Syndrome Patients With and Without a History of Depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Pain catastrophizing mediates the negative influence of pain and trait-anxiety on health-related quality of life in fibromyalgia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Anhedonia to Gentle Touch in Fibromyalgia: Normal Sensory Processing but Abnormal Evaluation.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Somatic symptom presentations in women with fibromyalgia are differentially associated with elevated depression and anxiety.Journal of health psychology · 2020Article
- Personality, depression and anxiety in primary Sjogren's syndrome - Association with sociodemographic factors and comorbidity.PloS one · 2019Article
- Multi-sensory Responsiveness and Personality Traits Predict Daily Pain Sensitivity.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2019Article
- Catastrophizing, Acceptance, and Coping as Mediators Between Pain and Emotional Distress and Disability in Fibromyalgia.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2018Article
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Abstract
This study examined the relationship between several cognitive-affective factors of the fear-avoidance model of pain, the big five model of personality, and functional impairment in fibromyalgia (FM). Seventy-four FM patients completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-20, the Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire, and the Impairment and Functioning Inventory. Results indicated that the cognitive-affective factors of pain are differentially associated with personality traits. Neuroticism and conscientiousness were significant predictors of pain catastrophizing, and neuroticism, openness, and agreeableness were significant predictors of pain anxiety. Personality traits did not contribute significantly to vigilance to pain. The effect of neuroticism upon pain anxiety was mediated by pain catastrophizing, and neuroticism showed a trend to moderate the relationship between impairment and pain anxiety. Results support the fear-avoidance model of pain. Implications of the findings for the understanding and management of FM are discussed.
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