Investigations of “self” in chronic pain have applied widely varied conceptualizations of the
term. The purpose of the current study was to develop a measure based on the three-facet …

One way to develop psychological approaches to chronic pain is to improve our
understanding of psychological processes that both underlie the impacts of pain and can be …

The aim of this study was to test whether enmeshment of self and pain predicted adjustment
(depression and acceptance) in a chronic pain population. 89 chronic pain patients …

The aims of this study were to replicate and extend previous observations on the
relationship between enmeshment of the self and pain and measures of adjustment [Morley …

This manuscript describes the development and initial validation of a self-report
questionnaire designed to assess an individual's readiness to adopt a self-management …

Chronic pain often interferes with daily functioning, and may become a threat to an
individual's sense of self. Despite the development of a recent theoretical account focussing …

Cognitive-behavioral and self-management perspectives on chronic pain emphasize the
central role that patients' appraisals of their pain problems may have in determining aspects …

A patient's readiness to adopt a self-management approach to pain has been suggested as
a construct that may explain differences among patients in coping, adjustment, and …

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore temporal aspects of chronic pain
patients' conceptions of their selves; what they were in the past, how they were functioning at …

Psychological treatments emphasizing a self-management approach have become
commonly accepted alternatives to medical interventions for chronic pain. Unfortunately …