Metacognition, perseverative thinking, and pain catastrophizing: A moderated-mediation analysis.
Journal
European journal of pain (London, England)
ISSN: 1532-2149
Titre abrégé: Eur J Pain
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9801774
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2020
01 2020
Historique:
received:
25
04
2019
revised:
13
08
2019
accepted:
27
08
2019
pubmed:
9
9
2019
medline:
21
11
2020
entrez:
9
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pain catastrophizing is linked to a range of negative health and treatment outcomes, although debate continues about how best to define and treat it, since most interventions produce only modest benefit. This study aimed to contribute to theory-driven development of these treatments by exploring the role of perseverative thinking in pain catastrophizing, along with the higher order beliefs, called metacognitions that might shape it. An Internet sample of 510 people with chronic pain (≥3 months), who mostly (54.9%) had clinical levels of catastrophizing, completed self-report measures of pain intensity, disability, perseverative thinking, pain catastrophizing, depression, anxiety, and pain metacognition. Regression-based moderated mediation analysis tested the conditional indirect effect of pain intensity on pain catastrophizing via perseverative thinking at varying levels of unhelpful pain metacognition. Perseverative thinking partially mediated the effect of pain intensity on pain catastrophizing, accounting for 20% of the total effect. This indirect effect was conditional on both positive and negative metacognition. Higher levels of both forms of unhelpful metacognition strengthened the indirect effect, which was not significant below the 50th percentile for positive metacognitions or below the 60th percentile for negative metacognitions. Strongly believing that thinking about pain helps you solve problems or cope with pain (positive metacognition), or that it is harmful and uncontrollable (negative metacognition), can increase the amount you worry or ruminate as pain increases. This is associated with increased pain catastrophizing. Identifying and modifying these unhelpful pain metacognitions may improve treatments for pain catastrophizing and thereby chronic pain generally. This study shows that perseverative thinking (worry and rumination) mediates the relationship between pain intensity and catastrophizing. Consistent with metacognitive theory, this association is also moderated by unhelpful beliefs about worry and rumination. Pain metacognitions could become new therapeutic targets to help improve psychological treatments for pain-related distress, which are currently only modestly effective.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Pain catastrophizing is linked to a range of negative health and treatment outcomes, although debate continues about how best to define and treat it, since most interventions produce only modest benefit. This study aimed to contribute to theory-driven development of these treatments by exploring the role of perseverative thinking in pain catastrophizing, along with the higher order beliefs, called metacognitions that might shape it.
METHODS
An Internet sample of 510 people with chronic pain (≥3 months), who mostly (54.9%) had clinical levels of catastrophizing, completed self-report measures of pain intensity, disability, perseverative thinking, pain catastrophizing, depression, anxiety, and pain metacognition. Regression-based moderated mediation analysis tested the conditional indirect effect of pain intensity on pain catastrophizing via perseverative thinking at varying levels of unhelpful pain metacognition.
RESULTS
Perseverative thinking partially mediated the effect of pain intensity on pain catastrophizing, accounting for 20% of the total effect. This indirect effect was conditional on both positive and negative metacognition. Higher levels of both forms of unhelpful metacognition strengthened the indirect effect, which was not significant below the 50th percentile for positive metacognitions or below the 60th percentile for negative metacognitions.
CONCLUSIONS
Strongly believing that thinking about pain helps you solve problems or cope with pain (positive metacognition), or that it is harmful and uncontrollable (negative metacognition), can increase the amount you worry or ruminate as pain increases. This is associated with increased pain catastrophizing. Identifying and modifying these unhelpful pain metacognitions may improve treatments for pain catastrophizing and thereby chronic pain generally.
SIGNIFICANCE
This study shows that perseverative thinking (worry and rumination) mediates the relationship between pain intensity and catastrophizing. Consistent with metacognitive theory, this association is also moderated by unhelpful beliefs about worry and rumination. Pain metacognitions could become new therapeutic targets to help improve psychological treatments for pain-related distress, which are currently only modestly effective.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
223-233Subventions
Organisme : Health Research
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2019 European Pain Federation - EFIC®.
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