Open AccessThe Meaning Making Model Applied to Community-Dwelling Adults with Chronic Pain
Author(s) -
Alexandra Ferreira-Valente,
Fernando Fontes,
José Pais-Ribeiro,
Mark P. Jensen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s308607
Subject(s) - chronic pain , meaning (existential) , thematic analysis , psychosocial , medicine , qualitative research , context (archaeology) , cognition , attribution , psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , social science , paleontology , sociology , biology
Chronic pain is a multidimensional experience that is influenced by biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors. The Meaning Making Model is a recent cognitive behavioral model that has been developed to understand how psychosocial factors influence adjustment to stressful events, such as having a chronic illness. This qualitative study aims to understand the potential utility of this model for understanding the role of meaning making in adjustment to chronic pain.