The influence of personality on reported pain and self-efficacy for pain management in older cancer patients

This study examines the relationship of personality traits and affect on cancer-related pain in 150 older adults receiving outpatient treatment at a comprehensive cancer center. Regression analyses revealed extraversion as a significant predictor of current pain, with openness to experience as a significant indicator of average pain. Similarly, positive affect and negative affect were significant predictors of self-efficacy for pain management. Moderation models showed that conscientiousness and extraversion were significant moderators in the relationship between self-efficacy for pain management and worst pain. These findings suggest that different personality types may influence perceptions of pain severity

Affect (linguistics · Big Five personality traits · Cancer · Cancer pain · Conscientiousness · Extraversion and introversion · Hierarchical structure of the Big Five · Moderation · Multilevel model · Openness to experience · Personality · Self-efficacy · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Social Psychology

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