ArticleFrontiers in psychology2017
Attachment Style and Chronic Pain: Toward an Interpersonal Model of Pain.
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- Psychological, Relational, and Fertility-Related Characteristics of Italian Women with Vulvodynia: A Comparative Study with Controls.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Mental and Physical Well-Being of Partners of People Living with Chronic Pain: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Social Determinants and Consequences of Pain: Toward Multilevel, Intersectional, and Life Course Perspectives.The journal of pain · 2024Review
- Associations Between Adult Attachment, Pain Catastrophizing, Psychological Inflexibility and Disability in Adults with Chronic Pain.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2024Article
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- Investigating psychological mechanisms linking pain severity to depression symptoms in women cancer survivors at a cancer center with a rural catchment area.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Integrating intra- and interpersonal perspectives on chronic low back pain: the role of emotion regulation and attachment insecurity.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Personality, Defense Mechanisms and Psychological Distress in Women with Fibromyalgia.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Online group psychodynamic psychotherapy-The effectiveness and role of attachment-The results of a short study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The influence of social signals on the self-experience of pain: A neuroimaging review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- When a Head Is about to Burst: Attachment Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Migraine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Attachment style and parental bonding: Relationships with fibromyalgia and alexithymia.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
Chronic pain (CP) is a burdensome symptom. Different psychological models have been proposed to explain the role of psychological and social factors in developing and maintaining CP. Attachment, for example, is a psychological construct of possible relevance in CP. The first studies on the role of attachment in CP did not investigate the partner's psychological factors, thus neglecting the influence of the latter. The main aim of this mini-review was to examine the more recent literature investigating the relationship between CP and attachment style. In particular, whether or not more recent studies assessed the psychological variables of a patient's partner. The articles were selected from the Medline/PubMed database using the search terms "attachment" AND "pain"; "CP" AND "attachment style," which led to nine papers being identified. The results showed that, even though the key point was still the hypothesis that an insecure attachment style is associated with CP, in recent years researchers have focused on the possible psychological aspects mediating between attachment style and CP. In particular, worrying, coping strategies, catastrophizing and perceived spouse responses to pain behavior were taken into account. Only one study considered the role of the reciprocal influence of attachment style of both patient and partner, underlining the role of real significant others' responses to pain behaviors. In conclusion, the results of the present mini-review highlight how in recent years researchers have moved toward investigating those psychological aspects that could mediate the relationship between attachment and CP, while only partially evaluating the interpersonal perspective.
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