Author, as appears in the article.: Ramírez-Maestre C; Esteve R; López-Martínez AE; Miró J; Jensen MP; de la Vega R
Department: Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Miró Martínez, Jordi
Keywords: Validity Stress Reliability Quality Psychology Humor Health Flourishing Fear-avoidance Disability Disabilities Depression Construct Chronic pain Challenges Catastrophizing Acceptance
Abstract: Many questions regarding the process by which self-enhancing humor style has an effect on chronic pain individuals' adjustment remain unanswered. The aim of the present study was to analyse the association of self-enhancing humor style with adjustment in a sample of individuals with chronic pain, over and above the role of catastrophizing and pain intensity. Adjustment was assessed using measures of depression, pain interference, and flourishing. We also examined the indirect association between self-enhancing humor style and adjustment via pain acceptance.The study included 427 patients with heterogeneous chronic pain conditions. The study hypotheses were tested using three multiple linear regression analyses, one for each of the criterion variables.Consistent with the study hypothesis, both direct and indirect associations were found between self-enhancing humor style and depressive symptoms, pain interference, and flourishing via pain acceptance.Self-enhancing humor style could potentially help individuals with chronic pain to gain perspective and distance themselves from the situation through the acceptance of pain-related negative emotions.Very few studies have investigated the relationship between humor styles and adjustment in chronic pain samples. The results of the current study support the idea that adaptive dispositional traits, such as patient's self- enhancing humor style, play a role in the adaptation of individuals with chronic pain. Given that the association between self-enhancing humor style and adjustment evidenced an indirect association through pain acceptance, training in the use of humor, as individuals with self-enhancing humor style do, might be a useful addition to ACT treatment.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Neurosciences Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Clinical neurology Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Anesthesiology and pain medicine Anesthesiology
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jordi.miro@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-1998-6653
Record's date: 2023-02-22
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejp.1583
Papper original source: European Journal Of Pain. 24 (7): 1357-1367
APA: Ramírez-Maestre C; Esteve R; López-Martínez AE; Miró J; Jensen MP; de la Vega R (2020). Beyond Pain Intensity and catastrophizing: The Association between Self-Enhancing Humor Style and the Adaptation of Individuals with Chronic Pain. European Journal Of Pain, 24(7), 1357-1367. DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1583
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1583
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications