Looking on the bright side

The relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes among adolescents living with chronic pain

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4890270
AutoresRyan D Parsons (0000-0002-6720-4505, University of Bath), Joanna L Mcparland (0000-0003-0580-2179, Glasgow Caledonian University), Sarah L Halligan (0000-0002-3436-3358, University of Bath), Liesbet Goubert (0000-0002-7657-5148, Ghent University), Melanie Noel (0000-0003-3752-8055, University of Calgary), Abbie Jordan (0000-0003-1595-5574, University of Bath)
Año2024
Volumen29
Número8
Páginas877-890
Fecha de publicación2024-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13591053231214099
PMID38102737
OpenAlexW4389829749
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas41

A deficits-based approach to adolescent chronic pain currently dominates the literature, to the exclusion of positive approaches, such as flourishing. Addressing this knowledge gap, this study examined the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescent chronic pain. Seventy-nine adolescents aged 11-24 years were asked to complete self-report measures of three domains of flourishing and four pain-related outcomes. Correlation coefficients and four hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted, controlling for age and gender. Flourishing mental health was associated with, and significantly contributed to explaining, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and social and family functioning impairment. Benefit finding and posttraumatic growth were each associated with social and family functioning impairment, while posttraumatic growth was also associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Additionally, benefit finding significantly contributed to explaining pain intensity. Study findings underscore the importance of assessing the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescents with chronic pain

Chronic pain · Flourishing · Pain catastrophizing · Psychiatry · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Pediatric Pain Management Techniques · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology