ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2017
Can positive affect attenuate (persistent) pain? State of the art and clinical implications.
Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Prognostic Factors for Physical Functioning After Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The Clinical journal of pain · 2019Pooled it
- A Community Health Worker-Led Positive Psychology Intervention for African American Older Adults With Chronic Pain.The Gerontologist · 2022Trial
- Effect of a Positive Psychological Intervention on Pain and Functional Difficulty Among Adults With Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2018Trial
- How Affective States Moderate the Relationship of Pain Catastrophizing With Pain Severity in Patients With Acute and Chronic Pain.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Emotional State and Pain Experience During Orthodontic Appliance Removal: Evaluation of Four Debonding Protocols.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- The Impact of Catastrophization and Emotions on Pain: A Narrative Review of Underlying Mechanisms.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Chronic Overlapping Pain and Central Sensitization in Chronic Pelvic Pain: Do Positive and Negative Affect Play a Role?Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Social and Societal Factors Interact with Psychological Factors to Shape Pain Outcomes in a Community Sample with Chronic Pain: A Network Study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- The role of sleep difficulties in the relation between pain and smoking cessation processes.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Sex differences in the transition to chronic pain.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- What makes life go well? A network topic modeling analysis of well-being practices in adults with chronic pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive overview of genetic markers, emerging therapies, and personalized medicine.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- The neurobiological basis of emotions and their connection to facial expressions in non-human mammals: insights in nonverbal communication.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Placebo and nocebo effect in pain.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2025Review
- Investigating home-based opioid use among youth with sickle cell disease using ecological momentary assessment.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2024Article
- Testing the validity of the broaden-and build theory of positive emotions: a network analytic approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Implications for a mindfulness-enhanced positive affect induction: A brief commentary toward acute pain management.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Affect and post-COVID-19 symptoms in daily life: An exploratory experience sampling study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Refocusing of Attention on Positive Events Using Monitoring-Based Feedback and Microinterventions for Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in the PerPAIN Randomized Controlled Trial: Protocol for a Microrandomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of reviewPain is an intense experience that can place a heavy burden on peoples' lives. The identification of psychosocial risk factors led to the development of effective pain treatments. However, effect sizes are modest. Accumulating evidence suggests that enhancing protective factors might also impact on (well-being despite) pain. Recent findings on positive affect (interventions) towards pain-related outcomes will be reviewed, and new avenues for treatment of persistent pain will be discussed. RECENT
findingsPositive affect significantly attenuates the experience of pain in healthy and clinical populations. Positive affect interventions effectively reduce pain sensitivity and bolster well-being despite pain. Through both psychological and (neuro-)biological pathways, but also through its effect on central treatment processes such as inhibitory learning, positive affect can optimize the efficacy of existing treatments. Comprehensive understanding of the unique roles and dynamic interplay of positive and negative affect in moderating pain may optimize the treatment of (persistent) pain.
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