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- Title
Relationship between Future Orientation and Pain Severity in Fibromyalgia Patients: Self-Compassion as a Coping Mechanism.
- Authors
Chang, Edward C; Lucas, Abigael G; Chang, Olivia D; Angoff, Harrison D; Li, Mingqi; Duong, Ashley H; Huang, Judy; Perera, Marisa J; Sirois, Fuschia M; Hirsch, Jameson K
- Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between future orientation and fibromyalgia-related pain severity in a sample of 287 adults with fibromyalgia. Specifically, authors examined dimensions of self-compassion (for example, self-kindness, isolation, mindfulness) as possible mechanisms through which future orientation might be associated with pain severity. Results of conducting a multiple mediator test with 10,000 bootstraps indicated that the significant negative association between future orientation and pain severity was mediated through one specific self-compassion dimension, namely, isolation. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the present findings for working with fibromyalgia patients, specifically the potential value of social workers working with fibromyalgia patients to build future orientation as a resilience factor to combat pain severity. Also discussed is the value of working with patients to develop a sustainable social support system that can disrupt experiences of social isolation and disconnectedness from others, and which appear to contribute to greater pain severity.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; FIBROMYALGIA; MENTAL orientation; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-perception; SOCIAL isolation; SOCIAL workers; SOCIAL support; MINDFULNESS
- Publication
Social Work, 2019, Vol 64, Issue 3, p253
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/sw/swz013