Social comparison processes and catastrophising in fibromyalgia: A path analysis

Cabrera-Perona, Víctor; Buunk, Abraham P.; Terol-Cantero, María Carmen; Quiles-Marcos, Yolanda; Gelabert, Maite Martín-Aragón

doi:10.1080/08870446.2017.1307370

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Section: Consequences On Everyday Activitiesmentioning

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“…Chronic Non-Cancer Pain increases in disability and limitation in daily activities [22][23][24][25][26] . People tend to avoid activities that cause or increase the severity of pain, leading to a decrease in activity levels compared with healthy people [22][23][24]27 . In this sense, when pain interferes with the ability to perform daily activities, people tend to show a negative perception of themselves due to lower physical capacity and misunderstanding of people in their environment 28 , a fact that translates into greater catastrophizing in the face of pain 29 .…”

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“…Different studies have investigated this relationship, finding that mental illnesses are present in 75.3% of cases of pain 4,14 , and anxiety and depression rates reach 30-40%, being more pronounced in women 13 . Anxiety and depression cause fear of pain-enhancing activities, generating a spiral of pain, fear and avoidance 24,[39][40][41][42] .…”

Section: Consequences On Psychological Healthmentioning

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“…Several studies have shown CNCP causes social isolation, decreased leisure activities and work difficulties 20,23,47 . However, people who have greater social participation may have better health, reduced anxiety, depression and reduced perceived stress 23,24 . In this sense, El-Shormilisy et al 11 , claim that women and men with CNCP are differently related to their social environment.…”

Section: Socio-employment and Family Consequencesmentioning

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Consequences of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in adulthood. Scoping Review

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OBJECTIVE: To examine and map the consequences of chronic pain in adulthood. METHOD: Documents addressing the impact of chronic pain on the psychological and social spheres of people suffering from chronic pain, published in Spanish and English between 2013 and 2018, were included. Those who addressed pharmacological treatments, chronic pain resulting from surgical interventions or who did not have access to the full text were excluded. Finally, 28 documents from the 485 reviewed were included. RESULTS: Studies show that pain is related to high rates of limitation in daily activities, sleep disorders and anxiety-depression spectrum disorders. People in pain have more problems to get the workday done and to maintain social relationships. Chronic pain is also associated with worse family functioning. CONCLUSIONS: This review shows that limitations in the ability to perform activities of daily living, sleep, psychological health, social and work resources and family functioning are lines of interest in published articles. However, knowledge gaps are detected in areas such as the influence of having suffered pain in childhood or adolescence, the consequences of non-fulfillment of working hours and gender inequalities.

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Section: Consequences On Everyday Activitiesmentioning

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Section: Consequences On Everyday Activitiesmentioning

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Section: Consequences On Psychological Healthmentioning

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Section: Socio-employment and Family Consequencesmentioning

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Consequences of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in adulthood. Scoping Review

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“…Several studies have examined social comparisons among people with severe chronic conditions (Arigo et al, 2014). Much of this research has been conducted using a narrative method in which patients report natural comparisons and their subsequent reactions (Wood et al, 1985;Bogart and Helgeson, 2000;Cabrera-Perona et al, 2017). Overall, in these observational studies, patients primarily report a positive effect after a comparison, suggesting that social comparisons are an adaptive strategy for patients to maintain positive mood and cope with illness (Arigo et al, 2014).…”

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Affective Consequences of Social Comparisons by Women With Breast Cancer: An Experiment

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Objective: People with severe illness often meet and compare themselves with other patients. Some of these comparison standards do well, others do poorly. Such comparisons could have positive as well as negative consequences depending on whether people identify or contrast from the standard. In the present study, we examine whether patients with breast cancer can benefit from comparisons by engaging in favorable comparison processes. Design: 102 women diagnosed with breast cancer were randomly assigned to read a (fictitious) self-report from a well or poorly adjusted breast cancer patient. Main Outcome Measures: Participants reported their affective reaction (mood, anxiety, depression) and specified their comparison process (identification or contrast). Results: In general, participants engaged in favorable comparison processes by contrasting predominantly with poorly adjusted patients, and identifying with welladjusted ones. Participants' Mood Assimilated to the Standard: Participants reported more positive mood after having been exposed to the well-adjusted than the poorly adjusted standard. Anxiety and Depression Varied With the Type of Comparison Process: It was lower the more they avoided unfavorable comparisons (contrasting with the welladjusted patient and identifying with the poorly adjusted one). Conclusion: Patients adjust their comparison processes to the standard to experience favorable comparisons. Especially avoiding unfavorable comparison processes reduces the risk of negative consequences after encountering other patients. Thus, patients may profit from comparisons as long as they engage in the right process.

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Impact of social comparison on perceived online academic futility: A perspective from parents

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In response to the wide-ranging concern of online academic futility, the current study aimed to explore the independent variables and mediating variable from a novel perspective of parents during COVID-19. Based on the social comparison theory and the control-value theory of achievement emotions, social comparison and tutoring anxiety were incorporated into an integrated model as predictors and mediator, respectively. A total of 300 parents completed an online survey. The results of the structural equation modeling indicated that upward social comparison and downward social comparison were both positively related to tutoring anxiety, which in turn positively predicted perceived online academic futility. Notably, tutoring anxiety played a significant mediating role in the association between different social comparison and perceived online academic futility. These results highlight the consistent predictive effect of upward social comparison and downward social comparison on perceived online academic futility, shedding light on the roles of tutoring anxiety in explaining the relationship from parental perspectives.

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Social comparison processes and catastrophising in fibromyalgia: A path analysis

Abstract: We suggest that intervention programmes with chronic pain and fibromyalgia patients should focus on enhancing the use of upward identification in social comparison, and on minimising the use of upward contrast and downward identification in social comparison.

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References 61 publications

Consequences of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in adulthood. Scoping Review

Consequences of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in adulthood. Scoping Review

Affective Consequences of Social Comparisons by Women With Breast Cancer: An Experiment

Impact of social comparison on perceived online academic futility: A perspective from parents

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