ArticleJournal of health psychology2024
Understanding the link between pain invalidation and depressive symptoms: The role of shame and social support in people with chronic pain.
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- Masculine Identity, Body Image and Illness-Related Shame: Pathways to Psychological Distress in Men with Fibromyalgia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Empathy and validation in chronic pain couples: a systematic review.Pain reports · 2025Review
- 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
- Modulating mechanisms of adverse childhood experiences in a mindfulness-based intervention: preliminary insights from an opioid use disorder study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of centrally mediated and inflammatory pain experiences amongst patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis: A multimethods study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Recent obstetrical and gynaecological care experiences and their sociodemographic and mental health correlates: A latent class analysis.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Pain invalidation (e.g., having pain discounted) is a risk factor for depression among people with chronic pain, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Shame is a common, yet understudied, aspect of the pain experience. This study investigated whether pain-related shame helps explain the relationship between pain discounting and heightened depressive symptoms. The secondary aim was to examine whether social support can protect against the harmful effects of discounting. Patients with chronic pain (
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