In search of the person in pain: A systematic review of conceptualization, assessment methods, and evidence for self and identity in chronic pain

L Yu, S Norton, A Harrison, LM McCracken - Journal of Contextual …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 Self Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ): Preliminary analyses for a measure of self in people with chronic pain

L Yu, LM McCracken, S Norton - Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Temporal dimensions of the self-concept: Entrapped and possible selves in chronic pain

C Hellström - Psychology and Health, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

A content analysis of ideal, ought, and feared selves in patients with chronic low back pain

HP Kindermans, ME Goossens, J Roelofs… - European Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Patients with chronic pain are not only faced with disabilities but are also challenged to
maintain a valued sense of self. This sense of self is in part determined by the extent to …

Self-pain enmeshment: future possible selves, sociotropy, autonomy and adjustment to chronic pain

R Sutherland, S Morley - PAIN®, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Possible selves in chronic pain: self-pain enmeshment, adjustment and acceptance

S Morley, C Davies, S Barton - Pain, 2005 - Elsevier
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 …

Implicit associations between pain and self-schema in patients with chronic pain

DML Van Ryckeghem, J De Houwer, B Van Bockstaele… - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Measuring 'self': preliminary validation of a short form of the Self Experiences Questionnaire in people with chronic pain

L Yu, W Scott, R Goodman, L Driscoll… - British Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People with chronic pain often struggle with their sense of self and this can
adversely impact their functioning and well-being. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy …

Picturing oneself over time: a multi‐modal interpretative phenomenological analysis of pain management trajectories

IE Nizza, JA Smith, JA Kirkham - European Journal of Pain, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chronic pain (CP) can be a disabling condition with impacts that affect the
sense of identity of those who live with it. This article idiographically describes the …

Chronic pain: intrusion and accommodation

MC Jacob, RD Kerns, R Rosenberg… - Behaviour research and …, 1993 - Elsevier
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 …