OBJECTIVES Patients' beliefs and expectations about their pain have been identified as important disabling factors in chronic musculoskeletal pain. Besides fear-avoidance beliefs and pain-related fear, cognitions such as thought suppression as well as pain/task persistence behavior have been shown to be associated with pain and disability. The aim of this report is to present a critical evaluat...

In chronic musculoskeletal pain, avoidance behavior is a prominent behavioral characteristic that can manifest itself in various ways. It is also considered a crucial component in the development and maintenance of chronic pain-related disability, supposedly fueled by pain-related fear and catastrophic beliefs. Despite the frequent occurrence of avoidance behavior and its potential impact on qu...

OBJECTIVES To identify psychological covariates of longitudinal changes in back-related disability in patients undergoing acupuncture. MATERIALS AND METHODS A longitudinal postal questionnaire study was conducted with data collection at baseline (pretreatment), 2 weeks, 3, and 6 months later. A total of 485 patients were recruited from 83 acupuncturists before commencing acupuncture for back ...

Declaration of interest None. Financial support fromthe LinburyTrust. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is associated with muscular and cardiovascular deconditioning (De Lorenzo et al, 1998), circadian desynchrony (Williams et al, 1996), sleep abnormalities (Morriss et al, 1997) and cortisol deficiency (Cleare et al, 1995). It has been proposed that these signs are consequences of disrupted cycles...

Evidence suggests that insight in psychosis has been related to treatment adherence, recovery and good prognosis, but also to depression, low self-esteem, and diminished quality of life. Thus, insight might not be advantageous under all circumstances. Internalized-stigma (i.e. self-acceptance of stigmatizing images of illness) and experiential avoidance (i.e. unwillingness to experience negativ...

Psychological and social factors have been shown, separately, to predict outcome in individuals with chronic low back pain. Few previous studies, however, have integrated both psychological and social factors, using prospective study of clinic populations of low back pain patients, to identify which are the most important targets for treatment. One hundred and eight patients with chronic low ba...

The aim of the present study was to examine mediating roles negative beliefs about emotions (NBAEs) and avoidance on relationship between emotional maltreatment (i.e., abuse neglect) two kinds behavioral addiction gaming exercise addiction). comprised 731 participants (431 videogame players; 300 exercisers) who completed a survey comprising Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, Leahy’s Emo...

This study aimed at examining the predictors of initiation into drug injection among street youth using social cognitive theory framework. A prospective cohort study based on semi-annual interviews was carried out. Psychosocial determinants referred to avoidance of initiation. Other potential predictors were: sociodemographic characteristics, relationships with injectors, parent's substance mis...