Mindfulness, selfcompassion, and depressive symptoms in chronic pain: The role of pain acceptance

Sérgio A Carvalho; David Gillanders; Lara Palmeira; José Pinto-Gouveia; Paula Castilho

doi:10.1002/jclp.22689

Mindfulness, selfcompassion, and depressive symptoms in chronic pain: The role of pain acceptance

Sérgio A Carvalho, David Gillanders, Lara Palmeira, José Pinto-Gouveia, Paula Castilho

School of Health in Social Science

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OBJECTIVE(S): The aim of this study was to test a theory driven model in which pain acceptance (both pain willingness [PW] and activity engagement [AE]) mediates the relationships of mindfulness and selfcompassion with depressive symptoms, while controlling for pain intensity.

METHODS: A path analysis was conducted using AMOS software to test a meditational model in a sample of women with chronic musculoskeletal pain (N = 231).

RESULTS: Participants with higher levels of mindful awareness and selfcompassion presented lower levels of pain intensity and depressive symptoms, and higher levels of AE. PW did not significantly correlate with any variable in study. The mediation analysis showed that AE mediated the relationship between selfcompassion and depressive symptoms, independently from pain intensity.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings seem to corroborate the hypothesis that selfcompassion is rooted in a motivational system, as it seems to correlate with less depressive symptoms through increasing the engagement with valued actions despite experiencing pain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Journal	Journal of Clinical Psychology
Early online date	13 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22689
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 13 Aug 2018

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activity engagement
chronic pain
depressive symproms
mindfulness
pain willingness
self-compassion

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Carvalho SA, Gillanders D, Palmeira L, Pinto‐Gouveia J, Castilho P. Mindfulness, selfcompassion, and depressive symptoms in chronic pain: The role of pain acceptance. J. Clin. Psychol. 2018;1–13, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22689. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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