Chronic pain is a public health concern affecting over 100 million US adults. Because
chronic pain is multifactorial, it requires a biopsychosocial approach to understand how …

Although clinical models have traditionally defined pain by its consequences for the
behavior and internal states of the sufferer, recent evidence has highlighted the importance …

The success of multimodal chronic pain management is typically measured by changes in
pain intensity, psychological distress, and disability (physical function and activity …

The purpose of the present study was to test a hypothetical model of the relationships
between perceived social support, coping responses to pain, pain intensity, depressed …

Objective: This review aimed to explore the processes that underlie the main and the
buffering effect of social support on decreased pain experience. Materials and Methods: The …

The analgesic effect of social support is proposed as a function of social support modulating
perceived threat of painful stimuli. In the current study, we directly examined the social …

The experience of rejection and disconnection reliably amplifies pain. Yet, little is known
about the impact of enduring feelings of closeness, or social connectedness, on experiences …

Research has shown that social support is generally associated with better adaptation to
chronic disease. However, the role that social support plays in adjustment to chronic pain …

Although an inverse relation between social support and psychological distress among
chronic pain patients has been previously reported, little is known about what mediates this …

Adults with chronic pain cite social support (SS) as an important resource. Research has
mostly focused on general SS or pain-specific solicitousness, resulting in a limited …