ArticleBMC psychology2020
Exploring metacognitions in health anxiety and chronic pain: a cross-sectional survey.
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- Do metacognitions contribute to pathological health anxiety? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review evaluating metacognitive beliefs in health anxiety and somatic distress.British journal of health psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Beyond biomechanics: a narrative review on the cognitive, emotional, and metacognitive mechanisms of exercise in chronic pain.European journal of translational myology · 2026Article
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- Determination of Health Anxiety and Resilience Levels in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Case-Control Study.Alpha psychiatry · 2022Article
- Sinomenine regulates immune cell subsets: Potential neuro-immune intervene for precise treatment of chronic pain.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe occurrence of health anxiety (HA) in chronic pain is associated with adverse outcomes. As such, it is important to identify constructs that might influence HA and pain-related outcomes. Metacognitions are an emerging area of interest in both HA and chronic pain, but the relationship between the three factors has not been extensively examined. The current study sought to examine the role of metacognitions about health in HA and pain-related outcomes in chronic pain.
methodsThis study utilized a cross-sectional design. Undergraduate students with self-reported chronic pain (n = 179) completed online measures of HA, pain intensity, pain disability, and metacognitions about health.
resultsRegression analyses indicated that both metacognitions about biased thinking and that thoughts are uncontrollable predicted HA in chronic pain, while only metacognitions about biased thinking predicted pain-related disability beyond pain intensity.
conclusionResults demonstrate that HA and pain-related disability are not associated when taking metacognitions about health into account, suggesting that metacognitions about health at least partially account for the relationship between the two. Further, results suggest that metacognitions about biased thinking may independently influence HA and pain-related disability within chronic pain.
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