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. 2016 Jun;23(2):192-206.
doi: 10.1007/s10880-016-9454-y.

There's More Than Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain: Low Frustration Tolerance and Self-Downing Also Predict Mental Health in Chronic Pain Patients

Carlos Suso-Ribera  1 , Montsant Jornet-Gibert  2 , Maria Victoria Ribera Canudas  3 , Lance M McCracken  4 , Alberto Maydeu-Olivares  2   5 , David Gallardo-Pujol  2   5
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There's More Than Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain: Low Frustration Tolerance and Self-Downing Also Predict Mental Health in Chronic Pain Patients

Carlos Suso-Ribera et al. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

Among the potential range of irrational beliefs that could be used as predictors of physical and mental health, catastrophizing is the process that has received most attention in chronic pain research. Other irrational processes such as demandingness, low frustration tolerance, and self-downing have rarely been studied. The goal of this study was to explore whether this wider range of beliefs is associated with health in chronic pain patients beyond catastrophizing. A total of 492 chronic pain patients completed a measure of irrational beliefs, a measure of physical and mental health, and a numerical rating scale designed to assess pain intensity and interference. Irrational processes were more strongly associated with mental than with physical health. Low frustration tolerance and self-downing were found to be significantly related to mental health even after controlling for the effect of catastrophizing. Processes other than catastrophizing appear to have potentially important relationships with the mental health of people with chronic pain. These results may offer new intervention targets for practitioners.

Keywords: Catastrophizing; Chronic pain; General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale; Irrational beliefs; Mental health.

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