ReviewClinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH2018
Personality Traits in Fibromyalgia (FM): Does FM Personality Exists? A Systematic Review.
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- Mind the Motion: Feasibility and Effects of a Qigong Intervention on Interoception and Well-Being in Young Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Personality Traits in Fibromyalgia: Aggravators and Attenuators of Clinical Symptoms and Medication Use.Behavioural neurology · 2025Article
- Long COVID-19 Enigma: Unmasking the Role of Distinctive Personality Profiles as Risk Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A Controlled Community Study of Distress and Resilience in Women Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Evidence of abnormal scalar timing property in alexithymia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Exploring the comorbidity between personality and musculoskeletal disorders among adults: A scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Differentiating Functional Cognitive Disorder from Early Neurodegeneration: A Clinic-Based Study.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Involvement of Oxidative Stress and Nerve Growth Factor in Behavioral and Biochemical Deficits of Experimentally Induced Musculoskeletal Pain in Mice: Ameliorative Effects of Heraclin.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2021Article
- Identification of traits and functional connectivity-based neurotraits of chronic pain.PLoS biology · 2019Article
- Alexithymia and Psychological Distress in Patients With Fibromyalgia and Rheumatic Disease.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionFibromyalgia (FM) is the second most common rheumatic disease with many effects on patient's quality of life. It has been described as a chronic condition characterized by widespread musculo-skeletal pain, sleep disorders and prominent fatigue. Regarding the role of personality factors in fibromyalgia, researchers have focused both on personality traits and psychopathological aspects showing inconsistent results. In particular, several studies have examined the role of alexithymia in FM patients, a trait of personality characterized by difficulty in identification, recognition and description of emotions and feelings, while others have focused on a specific type of personality, such as type D personality (distressed personality). Other studies investigated personality in FM patients referring to Cloninger's model, a psychobiological model of personality that includes both temperamental and character dimensions of personality. Analyzing scientific literature on this subject seems well suited to provide a critical review of the latest studies and their results.
methodsThe method used for this review satisfies the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). We identified PsycInfo and PubMed as databases for our research.
resultsPersonality is studied under many aspects and a reference model is not always present. Many studies underline high levels of alexithymia and type D personality in FM patients but when depression is controlled, these results do not differ from those of healthy controls.
conclusionStudies that use a comprehensive model of personality present a different theoretical approach and use alternatively the Big-Five model, Eysenck's and Cloninger's models. The use of a comprehensive model of personality and the control of psychopathological disorders, such as anxiety and depression, seem to be very relevant for a better understanding of a specific personality profile associated with fibromyalgia.
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