Open AccessPreliminary investigation of the associations between psychological flexibility, symptoms and daily functioning in people with chronic abdominal pain
Author(s) -
Lin Yu,
Yoram Inspector,
Lance M. McCracken
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2049-4645
pISSN - 2049-4637
DOI - 10.1177/2049463720926559
Subject(s) - pain catastrophizing , flexibility (engineering) , depression (economics) , acceptance and commitment therapy , anxiety , chronic pain , medicine , abdominal pain , clinical psychology , cognition , psychological pain , physical therapy , psychology , psychiatry , intervention (counseling) , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), based in the psychological flexibility model, may benefit people with chronic abdominal pain. The current study preliminarily investigates associations between psychological flexibility processes and daily general, social and emotional functioning in chronic abdominal pain.