Chronic pain experience on depression and physical disability: The importance of acceptance and mindfulness-based processes in a sample with rheumatoid arthritis | Zendy

Joana Costa | Zendy; José PintoGouveia | Zendy; João Marôco | Zendy

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Chronic pain experience on depression and physical disability: The importance of acceptance and mindfulness-based processes in a sample with rheumatoid arthritis

Author(s) -

Joana Costa,

José PintoGouveia,

João Marôco

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of health psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716

H-Index - 88

eISSN - 1461-7277

pISSN - 1359-1053

DOI - 10.1177/1359105316649785

Subject(s) - mindfulness , rheumatoid arthritis , depression (economics) , physical disability , clinical psychology , chronic pain , acceptance and commitment therapy , psychology , physical therapy , arthritis , medicine , psychiatry , intervention (counseling) , economics , macroeconomics

The mediating effect of acceptance and mindfulness in the relationship between pain, depression, and physical disability was examined in 55 rheumatoid arthritis patients. Results showed that the relationship between pain and depression was mediated by both nonreact and acceptance. By contrast, the relationship between pain and physical disability was mediated by acceptance but not by nonreact. This study provides evidences that the influence of these processes is different on depression and on physical disability. These findings support models that take both general measures of mindfulness and content-specific measures of acceptance into account when conceptualizing rheumatoid arthritis. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.

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