(1) Background: In recent years, placebo and nocebo effects have been extensively
documented in different medical conditions, including pain. The scientific literature has …

Interpretation biases have been extensively explored in a range of populations, including
patients with anxiety and depressive disorders where they have been argued to influence …

Pain disorders and psychiatric illness are strongly comorbid, particularly in the context of
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). While these disorders account for a significant amount of …

Contemporary models explaining the exacerbation and maintenance of pain, disability, and
distress assign a pivotal role to cognitive biases. These models assume that cognitive …

Abstract Background and Objectives Nervous system, psychosocial and spinal tissue
biomarkers are associated with non‐specific low back pain (nsLBP), though relative …

Background Early adversity predisposes to chronic pain, but a mechanistic explanation is
lacking. Survivors of early adversity with chronic pain often seem impaired in their ability to …

Pain catastrophizing (PC) is a negative cognitive distortion to actual or anticipated pain. This
study aims to investigate the relationship between pain catastrophizing, emotional …

Chronic pain and insomnia are highly comorbid: Approximately 50% of those with chronic
pain experience insomnia or clinically significant sleep disturbances, and 50% of those with …

Cognitive biases that emphasize bodily harm, injury, and illness could play a role in the
maintenance of chronic pain by facilitating fear and avoidance. Whereas extensive research …

ABSTRACT Research on the Commonsense Self-Regulation Model has emphasised
reflective/conscious perceptual processes regarding illness threat (beliefs about symptoms …