Mindfulness-based stress reduction for chronic pain: Enhancing psychological well-being without altering attentional biases towards pain faces.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examines the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on psychological measures and attentional patterns to pain stimuli, using eye-tracking methods, in individuals with chronic pain.

Method

Thirty-two participants with chronic pain and no prior mindfulness experience were randomly assigned to an experimental group or a waiting list group. Both groups completed self-report measures of symptoms, well-being, and an attentional disengagement task using emotional faces as stimuli. Assessments were conducted at two points: before and after the intervention for the experimental group, with the waiting list group serving as a control.

Results

Before the MBSR program, chronic pain participants exhibited significant attentional bia

SUBMITTER: Robles E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671333 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature