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. 2016 Jun;21(6):1015-25.
doi: 10.1177/1359105314544133. Epub 2014 Aug 7.

Social problem solving in chronic pain: An integrative model of coping predicts mental health in chronic pain patients

Carlos Suso-Ribera  1 , Laura Camacho-Guerrero  2 , Lance M McCracken  3 , Alberto Maydeu-Olivares  4 , David Gallardo-Pujol  4
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Social problem solving in chronic pain: An integrative model of coping predicts mental health in chronic pain patients

Carlos Suso-Ribera et al. J Health Psychol. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

Despite several models of coping have been proposed in chronic pain, research is not integrative and has not yet identified a reliable set of beneficial coping strategies. We intend to offer a comprehensive view of coping using the social problem-solving model. Participants were 369 chronic pain patients (63.78% women; mean age 58.89 years; standard deviation = 15.12 years). Correlation analyses and the structural equation model for mental health revealed potentially beneficial and harmful problem-solving components. This integrative perspective on general coping could be used to promote changes in the way patients deal with stressful conditions other than pain.

Keywords: chronic illness; coping; distress; health psychology; path analysis.

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