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Daily and bidirectional linkages between pain catastrophizing and spouse responses.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Association Between Partner Reactions to Chronic Pain and Pain-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
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- A longitudinal mediation analysis of relationship catastrophizing, perceived partner support, and sexual well-being in couples seeking medically assisted reproduction.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
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- Empathy and validation in chronic pain couples: a systematic review.Pain reports · 2025Review
- Relationship closeness in the context of chronic pain: Daily benefits and challenges for partners.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Pain-related support seeking? Situating the response to pain within the social context using a sample of women experiencing menstrual pain.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Clinician and researcher responses to the term pain catastrophizing and whether new terminology is needed: Content analysis of international, cross-sectional, qualitative survey data.The journal of pain · 2025Observational
- 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
- Differential effects of everyday-life social support on chronic pain.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- Pain catastrophizing in rheumatic diseases: prevalence, origin, and implications.Rheumatology international · 2024Review
- New Opportunities for Advancing Dyadic Health Science in Gerontology.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
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- Caregiver-provider communication about pain in persons with dementia.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
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- The moderating role of pain catastrophizing on the relationship between partner support and pain intensity: a daily diary study in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Validation of CARE Scale-7 in treatment-seeking patients with chronic pain: measurement of sex invariance.Pain reportsArticle
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Abstract
Pain catastrophizing has been shown to predict greater pain and less physical function in daily life for chronic pain sufferers, but its effects on close social partners have received much less attention. The overall purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which pain catastrophizing is an interpersonal coping strategy that is maladaptive for patients and their spouses. A total of 144 older knee osteoarthritis patients and their spouses completed baseline interviews and a 22-day diary assessment. Multilevel lagged models indicated that, on days when patients reported greater catastrophizing in the morning, their spouses experienced more negative affect throughout the day. In addition, a higher level of punishing responses from the spouse predicted greater pain catastrophizing the next morning, independent of patient pain and negative affect. Multilevel mediation models showed that patients' morning pain catastrophizing indirectly impacted spouses' negative affect and punishing responses through patients' own greater negative affect throughout the day. There was no evidence that spouses' empathic or solicitous responses either followed or preceded patients' catastrophizing. These findings suggest that cognitive-behavioral interventions that reduce pain catastrophizing should be modified for partnered patients to address dyadic interactions and the spouse's role in pain catastrophizing.
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