Attachment patterns, self-compassion, and coping strategies in patients with chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the recent year's literature, attachment insecurity is described as a vulnerability factor among patients with chronic pain, associated with poor pain coping, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, greater pain intensity, and disability. Self-compassion, on the other hand, is described as a protective factor, associated with lower levels of negative affect, catastrophizing, depression, and anxiety in patients with chronic pain.

Methods

In this study, we aim to explore the association between attachment, self-compassion quality, and coping strategies, in patients with chronic pain. Thus, 134 eligible patients with chronic pain were recruited at the certified Evaluation and Treatment Pain Center of the A. de Rothschild Foundation in Paris. We used a socio

SUBMITTER: Nasika IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10789448 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature