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Jun 17, 2021 · Neuroticism is considered as a higher-order broad personality domain which has been shown to have associations with some pain-related cognitive and behavioral lower-order traits, such as pain catastrophizing. 15, 19–21 Pain catastrophizing has been associated with sensitivity to pain in healthy pain-free individuals exposed to various experimental evoked-pain paradigms, as well as in ...
- The Role of Positive Traits and Pain Catastrophizing in Pain ...
First, we review the protective link between positive...
- Temperament Traits and Chronic Pain: The Association of Harm ...
Anxiety symptoms are common in chronic pain patients. High...
- Psychological Characteristics in Patients with Chronic ...
Otherwise, the scores of patients with chronic CRPS were...
- The link between personality dimensions and pain perception ...
The personality traits of all the participants were analyzed...
- The Role of Positive Traits and Pain Catastrophizing in Pain ...
At the level of brain function, individuals who seek less risk and are more fearful of pain are more likely to experience more pain, perhaps due to the increased activation of the amygdala. Personality characteristics such as anxiety (neuroticism), harm-avoidance, catastrophising and hypochondriasis are associated with the presence of chronic pain.
First, we review the protective link between positive personality traits, such as optimism, hope, and self-efficacy, and pain perception. Second, we provide evidence of the well-established relationship between pain catastrophizing and pain perception and other related outcomes. Third, we outline the inverse relationship between positive traits ...
Oct 25, 2012 · Anxiety symptoms are common in chronic pain patients. High levels of anxiety are associated with increased pain experience and disability. Proneness to anxiety has a large interindividual variation. The aim of the study was to determine whether the anxiety-related temperament trait Harm Avoidance (HA), is associated with pain-related anxiety.
- Peter Knaster, Ann-Mari Estlander, Hasse Karlsson, Jaakko Kaprio, Eija Kalso
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0045672
- 2012
- PLoS One. 2012; 7(10): e45672.
Otherwise, the scores of patients with chronic CRPS were intermediate between those of the control and MDD groups with regard to levels of depression, anxiety, and interpersonal sensitivity. 28 It has been suggested that the use of the MMPI-2 may be limited in studies investigating pain because, as a state factor, chronic pain may influence trait measurements even though the MMPI-2 is a ...
Oct 25, 2012 · For instance, maladaptive pain coping strategies can be associated with personality characteristics, in particular, high levels in Harm Avoidance (cautious, fearful, tense, apprehensive, nervous ...
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Jul 31, 2019 · The personality traits of all the participants were analyzed using Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). For the evaluation of pain, as well as associated anxiety and depression in the diabetes and cancer groups, the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used.