Open AccessIdentifying mindfulness and acceptance as mediators between negative affect, functional disability and emotional distress in patients with fibromyalgia
Author(s) -
Sara Maurel,
Naia Sáez-Francàs,
Natàlia Calvo,
José Alegre,
Jesús Castro-Marrero
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/uzzejn
Subject(s) - mindfulness , fibromyalgia , mediation , anxiety , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , medicine , distress , depression (economics) , acceptance and commitment therapy , psychology , psychiatry , intervention (counseling) , macroeconomics , communication , political science , law , economics
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent disabling condition characterised by chronic widespread pain. It is considered a complex illness in which the prognosis is conditioned by affective and cognitive mediators still largely unknown in FM. To investigate the correlation between psychological variables (acceptance, negative affect, and mindfulness) and functional disability or physical impact, anxiety/depression symptoms and emotional distress, and also to evaluate the mediating role of acceptance and mindfulness between negative affect, physical impact, anxiety/depression and emotional distress in individuals with FM.