BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate whether the perception of experimental pain was different during a mindfulness manipulation than during a distraction manipulation. Furthermore, it was examined if effects were moderated by dispositional pain catastrophizing. METHODS Undergraduate students (n = 51) completed self-report measures of pain catastrophizing and mindfulness. Subse...

This study sought to model and test the role of parental catastrophizing in relationship to parent-reported child pain behavior and parental protective (solicitous) responses to child pain in a sample of children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and their parents (n = 184 dyads). Parents completed measures designed to assess cognitions about and responses to their child's abdominal pain. They al...

The present study examined the value of a measure of catastrophizing as a predictor of activity intolerance in response to delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). A sample of 50 (17 men, 33 women) sedentary undergraduates participated in an exercise protocol designed to induce muscle soreness and were asked to return 2 days later to perform the same physical maneuvres. Participants performed five...

BACKGROUND The management of pain patients with analgesics is challenging, with one of the risks being overdose with prescribed medications and death. In this study, we examined relationships between pain and pain catastrophizing, and past history of intentional overdoses and suicide attempts. METHOD Using a cross-sectional approach and a self-report survey methodology, we examined 239 consec...

BACKGROUND The way in which individuals with chronic pain habitually approach activity engagement has been shown to impact daily functioning, with both avoidance of one's daily activities and overactivity (activity engagement that significantly exacerbates pain) associated with more pain, higher levels of physical disability and poorer psychological functioning. OBJECTIVE To provide insight i...

Emerging evidence suggests that the appraisal of pain and disability in terms of justice-related themes contributes to adverse pain outcomes. To date, however, research on the relation between perceived injustice and pain outcomes has focused primarily on individuals with musculoskeletal injuries. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the role of perceived injustice in the prediction...

Itch and worry about itch are predominant symptoms in atopic dermatitis (AD). Mindfulness refers to paying attention a certain way, non-judgementally on purpose. In patients with chronic pain, which shares several similarities itch, significant relationship between pain intensity, mindfulness catastrophizing has been found. The aim of this study was investigate whether intensity related AD pati...