The pain of being misunderstood
- A particular form of social pain is invalidation. Therefore, this study (a) investigates whether patients with chronic low back pain experience invalidation, (b) if it has an influence on their pain, and (c) explores whether various social sources (e.g. partner and work) influence physical pain differentially. A total of 92 patients completed questionnaires, and for analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted. They indicated a significant association between discounting and disability due to pain (respective β = .29, p > .05). Especially, discounting by partner was linked to higher disability (β = .28, p > .05).
| Author details: | Sarah Wernicke, Jessie de Witt HubertsORCiDGND, Pia-Maria WippertORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315596371 |
| ISSN: | 1359-1053 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26276505 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Subtitle (English): | Invalidation of pain complaints in chronic low back pain patients |
| Publisher: | Sage Publ. |
| Place of publishing: | London |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2017/02/01 |
| Publication year: | 2017 |
| Release date: | 2022/06/30 |
| Tag: | chronic low back pain; disability; invalidation; social pain; social rejection |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Number of pages: | 13 |
| First page: | 135 |
| Last Page: | 147 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften |
| DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
