Journal article
Reported Pain and Fatigue Behaviors Mediate the Relationship Between Catastrophizing and Perceptions of Solicitousness in Patients With Chronic Fatigue
The journal of pain, Vol.17(3), pp.328-335
03/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/104810
PMCID: PMC4775328
PMID: 26646398
Abstract
Catastrophizing is associated with negative outcomes in chronic pain and illness. The communal coping model (CCM) and cognitive behavioral (CB) formulations provide differing accounts of the function of catastrophizing in these contexts. In the present study we examined predictions from CCM and CB theoretical models in a sample of 116 patients with chronic fatigue to test 1) whether patient-reported solicitous responses from significant others mediate the relationship of catastrophizing with patient-reported pain and fatigue behaviors, as predicted by the CCM; and 2) whether pain and fatigue behaviors mediate the relationship of catastrophizing with solicitous responses, consistent with a CB model. This work is a secondary data analysis in which the strength of the indirect (ie, mediating) effects among study variables was examined. Consistent with CB models, pain and fatigue behaviors were associated with catastrophizing and solicitous responses, and there was a significant indirect effect of catastrophizing on solicitous responses through pain and fatigue behaviors. Results were inconsistent with the CCM; catastrophizing was not significantly associated with solicitous responses, nor did solicitous responses mediate the relationship between catastrophizing and pain or fatigue behaviors. These findings highlight the importance of behavioral expressions of pain and fatigue in understanding the relationship of catastrophizing to solicitous responses in chronic fatigue.
This study of chronic fatigue patients tested CB and CCMs of catastrophizing, pain, and fatigue behaviors, and solicitous responses by significant others. Results were more consistent with CB formulations, which highlighted the importance of behavioral expressions of pain and fatigue in understanding the relationship of catastrophizing to solicitous responses.
•Communal coping and behavioral models of catastrophizing make different predictions.•In this study we tested mediational paths from these models in chronic fatigue patients.•Catastrophizing's effects on solicitousness occurred through pain/fatigue behavior.•Solicitousness did not mediate the path of catastrophizing to pain/fatigue behavior.•Results were more consistent with a cognitive behavioral than communal coping model.
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- Title
- Reported Pain and Fatigue Behaviors Mediate the Relationship Between Catastrophizing and Perceptions of Solicitousness in Patients With Chronic Fatigue
- Creators
- Joan M Romano - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonIvan R Molton - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonKevin N Alschuler - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonMark P Jensen - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonKaren B Schmaling - Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Vancouver, WashingtonDedra S Buchwald - Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Publication Details
- The journal of pain, Vol.17(3), pp.328-335
- Academic Unit
- Community Health; Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Grant note
- NIH U19 A138429 / NIH Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Center
- Identifiers
- 99900546980701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article