ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2013
The role of positive traits and pain catastrophizing in pain perception.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05997368 (Investigation of the Relationship of Pain Perception and Pain Belief With Age in People With Chronic Lack Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Investigation of the Relationship of Pain Perception and Pain Belief With Age in People With Chronic Lack Pain
Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- What are the benefits of cultivating self-compassion in adults with low back pain? A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Hope and chronic pain-a systematic review.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Pooled it
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- Happy Despite Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an 8-Week Internet-delivered Positive Psychology Intervention for Enhancing Well-being in Patients With Chronic Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2017Trial
- Patient morbidity and root coverage outcomes after the application of a subepithelial connective tissue graft in combination with a coronally advanced flap or via a tunneling technique: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2016Trial
- Optimism and mindfulness are associated with decreased abdominal pain among adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Understanding risk and protective factors for pain and healthy aging: an intersectional and resilience-based perspective.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Associations between personality traits and pain experiences in trigeminal neuralgia.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
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- Individual Dimensions of Pain Catastrophizing Do Not Mediate the Effect of Sociodemographic and Psychological Factors on Chronic Orofacial Pain Severity, Interference, and Jaw Limitation: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- Experience of Pain and Unpleasantness during Mammography Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Roles of Emotional, Cognitive, and Personality Factors.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- 'I can feel myself coming out of the rut': a brief intervention for supporting behaviour change is acceptable to patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Pain catastrophizing is associated with reduced neural response to monetary reward.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mindfulness is associated with severity of peripheral neuropathy and related patient-reported outcomes among colorectal cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Psychiatric Comorbidity and Emotional Dysregulation in Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Case-Control Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Placebo and nocebo effects in youth: subjective thermal discomfort can be modulated by a conditioning paradigm utilizing mental states of low and high self-efficacy.British journal of pain · 2022Article
- Risk factors for depression and anxiety in painful and painless diabetic polyneuropathy: A multicentre observational cross-sectional study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2022Observational
- The Effect of Induced Optimism on Situational Pain Catastrophizing.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Article
- Bridging the Translational Divide in Pain Research: Biological, Psychological and Social Considerations.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
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Abstract
A variety of biological, psychological, and social factors interact to influence pain. This article focuses on two distinct, but connected, psychological factors--positive personality traits and pain catastrophizing--and their link with pain perception in healthy and clinical populations. First, we review the protective link between positive personality traits, such as optimism, hope, and self-efficacy, and pain perception. Second, we provide evidence of the well-established relationship between pain catastrophizing and pain perception and other related outcomes. Third, we outline the inverse relationship between positive traits and pain catastrophizing, and offer a model that explains the inverse link between positive traits and pain perception through lower pain catastrophizing. Finally, we discuss clinical practice recommendations based on the aforementioned relationships.
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