Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) can affect adjustment at both the individual and couple level. ⋯ The findings indicate that a focus on the interpersonal nature of adjustment to MS may be beneficial for future research and practice.
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Prior studies found a range of psychological factors related to the perception of pain, maintenance of pain and disability. ⋯ Resilience and experiential avoidance appear as variables which could explain individual differences in pain experience.
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Chronic pain with comorbid depression is characterized by poor mood regulation and stress-related pain. ⋯ Depression does not alter pain and mood stress reactivity, but does impair recovery. Boosting post-stress jovial mood ameliorates pain recovery deficits in depressed patients, a finding relevant to chronic pain interventions.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Computer-delivered social norm message increases pain tolerance.
Few experimental studies have been conducted on social determinants of pain tolerance. ⋯ Social norms can significantly increase pain tolerance, even with a brief verbal message delivered by a video.
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Impaired sleep enhances pain, perhaps by disrupting pain modulation. ⋯ Consistent with previous findings, pain modulation is disrupted in insomnia, which might promote pain. This may stem from disrupted supraspinal circuits not disrupted brain-to-spinal cord circuits.