Cognitive coping strategies in pain management

After establishing baseline pain tolerance and intensity, ninety undergraduates, either low or high in private body consciousness, were distributed equally to cognitive distraction, sensation monitoring, or no treatment and then exposed to pressure stimulation. A 2 × 3 (private body consciousness × condition) MANOVA of residual tolerance and intensity data did not yield hypothesized interactions, but demonstrated that both coping strategies modified tolerance and intensity more than no treatment. Results are discussed in terms of adherence to and involvement in treatment, perceived effectiveness of coping strategies, and number of strategies used. The findings are integrated within attentional and parallel processing models of pain.

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Does social support matter? The mediating links with coping strategy and anxiety among Chinese college students in a cross-sectional study of COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11332-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yue Li ◽

Jun Peng

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Large Scale ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cognitive Coping ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Emotional Coping

Abstract Background The provision of public adaptive coping strategies to reduce psychological tension during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is critical. We sought to provide evidence-based guidance for psychological intervention, exploring the potential mediating roles of three sources of social support (i.e., subjective support, family support and counselor support) between coping strategies (i.e., cognitive coping, emotional coping and behavioral coping), and anxiety among college students at the height of the pandemic in China. Methods Using the Coping Strategy Questionnaire, Social Support Questionnaire, and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, this large-scale online study analyzed the levels of social support, coping, and anxiety among 2640 college students in China from February 21st to 24th, 2020, when the students had been isolated at home for 1 month since the lockdown of Wuhan city. Results Students reported high levels of cognitive coping, behavioral coping, and social support. They also experienced low levels of anxiety and emotional coping. Anxiety was significantly and negatively related to coping and social support. The mediating roles of three sources of social support were found between cognitive coping, behavioral coping, and anxiety, respectively. However, the effect of emotional coping on anxiety was not found to be mediated by social support. Conclusions Adopting positive coping strategies may enhance social support that in turn relieves anxiety. The effect of social support, especially family and counselor support, should arouse greater awareness in coping with the pandemic cognitively and behaviorally.

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Assessment of Pain Management, Acceptance of Illness, and Adjustment to Life with Cancer in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

BioMed Research International ◽

10.1155/2018/7598632 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wojciech Krajewski ◽

Małgorzata Mazur ◽

Adrian Poterek ◽

Agata Pastuszak ◽

Urszula Halska ◽

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Keyword(s):

Bladder Cancer ◽

Pain Management ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Psychological State ◽

Invasive Bladder Cancer ◽

Place Of Residence ◽

Fighting Spirit ◽

Acceptance Of Illness ◽

And Coping ◽

Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Purpose. According to the European Association of Urology bladder cancer is the seventh most commonly diagnosed malignancy in the world’s male population. Despite its high incidence, papers evaluating psychological state in those patients’ group are lacking. The purpose of the study was to evaluate pain management, disease acceptance, and adjustment to cancer in homogenous group of patients diagnosed with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Methods. Group of 252 male patients who were scheduled for NMIBC treatment were prospectively evaluated. Patients fulfilled Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC) and Coping Strategies (CSQ) questionnaires before treatment introduction. Results. Highest CSQ score was achieved by the coping self-statements subscale (mean=18,37). The catastrophizing subscale score was the lowest (mean=11,24). Place of residence affected results of CSQ statement about pain control. Catastrophizing and coping self-statements strategies were associated with matrimonial status. In the Mini-MAC questionnaire the fighting spirit way of coping had the highest (21,73) and the helplessness-hopelessness subscale had the lowest mean value (13,3). Matrimonial status was strongly associated with anxious preoccupation, fighting spirit, and helplessness – hopelessness way of coping. The mean AIS test score was 28.8. AIS result was influenced by patient’s marital status, yet not by education, place of residence, nor any clinical factor. Conclusions. In the examined group, the level of acceptance of the disease reached values that were slightly higher than the average. It indicated a fairly good adaptation to cancer. Among the methods of coping with cancer, the constructive style is definitely dominant with a high intensity of the fighting spirit strategy. The destructive style of cancer coping reached low values with a low intensity of helplessness/hopelessness strategy. From pain coping strategies, self-statements and praying/hoping were the most commonly chosen ways, whereas catastrophizing was the rarest. Many associations between various questioners’ results were also observed.

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Investigating the association between fantasy proneness and emotional distress: the mediating role of cognitive coping strategies

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.paid.2018.07.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 157-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alison M. Bacon ◽

Jaysan J. Charlesford

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Emotional Distress ◽

Cognitive Coping ◽

Fantasy Proneness ◽

Mediating Role

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Response to stress, cognitive coping strategies, and the Type A behavior pattern.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ◽

10.1037/0022-3514.39.1.147 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 147-157 ◽

Cited By ~ 71

Author(s):

Mark S. Pittner ◽

B. Kent Houston

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Behavior Pattern ◽

Type A ◽

Type A Behavior ◽

Cognitive Coping ◽

Type A Behavior Pattern ◽

Response To Stress

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Chronic pain management: a qualitative study of elderly people's preferred coping strategies and barriers to management

Disability and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1080/096382800297079-1 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 22 (1-2) ◽

pp. 2-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 94

Author(s):

Gwenda Lansbury

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Pain Management ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Chronic Pain Management

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The Mediating Role of Cognitive Trauma Processing in the Relationship Between Empathy and Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Female Professionals Working With Victims of Violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520976211 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088626052097621

Author(s):

Nina Ogińska-Bulik ◽

Zygfryd Juczyński ◽

Paulina Michalska

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Cognitive Processing ◽

Traumatic Stress ◽

Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽

Cognitive Coping ◽

Trauma Processing ◽

Victims Of Violence ◽

Female Professionals ◽

The Relationship

One of the negative consequences of indirect trauma exposure is secondary traumatic stress (STS). Professionals helping victims of violence may be at the risk of STS symptoms development. Both empathy and cognitive processing of trauma seem to be important in this process. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between empathy, cognitive processing of trauma and symptoms of STS in women working with people who have experienced violence trauma. The mediation role of cognitive coping strategies in the relationship between empathy and STS was also checked. A total of 154 female professionals representing three groups (therapists, social workers, and probation officers) were included in the study. The age of the respondents ranged from 26 to 67 years ( M = 43.98, SD = 10.83). Three standard measurement tools were included in the study: the modified PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Empathic Sensitivity Scale, and the Cognitive Processing of Trauma Scale. Correlational analysis indicated STS to have positive associations (Pearson’s correlation coefficients) with all three aspects of empathy, and three of the five cognitive coping strategies (denial, regret, downward comparison). Mediation analysis performed by the bootstrapping method found strategies of regret and downward comparison to act as mediators in the relationship between STS and empathic concern. The same results were obtained for perspective taking. In addition, the regret and denial strategies mediated the relationship between personal distress and STS. Empathy and cognitive trauma processing may play an important role in STS symptoms development. Preventive programs for professionals helping trauma victims should focus on cognitive processing of trauma and empathy.

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