ArticleAddictive behaviors2023
Chronic pain acceptance: Relations to opioid misuse and pain management motives among individuals with chronic low back pain.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- What are the benefits of cultivating self-compassion in adults with low back pain? A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Chronic Pain Acceptance Moderates the Association Between Pain Intensity and Alcohol Use Severity Among Veterans With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Pain Acceptance in Chronic Postoperative Pain: Concept Analysis.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Psychological Flexibility and Inflexibility Between Impulsivity and Opioid Misuse in People With Chronic Noncancer Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
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- Perceived discrimination and problematic opioid use among Black individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- To be aware, or to accept, that is the question: Differential roles of awareness of automaticity and pain acceptance in opioid misuse.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
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Abstract
The opioid epidemic is a significant public health concern, and opioid consumption rates and opioid-related deaths are on the rise. Chronic pain acceptance, or willingness to experience pain and pain-related distress, is one pain-related psychological mechanism that may reduce maladaptive attempts to avoid or control pain using opioids among individuals with chronic lower back pain (CLBP). However, little work has examined chronic pain acceptance as it relates to opioid use and motives for use among adults with CLBP. The current investigation sought to explore the effects of chronic pain acceptance on opioid misuse and motives for opioid use (i.e., pain management and coping motives) among adults with CLBP. Participants were 291 adults (69.1 % female, Mage = 45.77 years, SD = 11.22) self-reporting current mild to severe CLBP and current opioid use who were recruited via an online survey. Results indicated that higher acceptance of pain was related to lower levels of opioid misuse and lower motivation to use opioids to cope with pain. Contrary to hypotheses, chronic pain acceptance did not predict motivation to use opioids to cope with emotional distress (i.e., coping motives). The current findings provide support for chronic pain acceptance as a potential protective mechanism in terms of opioid misuse and motivation to use opioids to manage pain.
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