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
et al., Possible selves in chronic pain: self-pain enmeshment, adjustment and acceptance,
Pain 2005; 115: 84–94], and to test the hypothesis that individual variation in motivational
preferences interacts with enmeshment. 82 chronic pain patients completed standardized
self-report measures of depression, anxiety, acceptance and the possible selves interview …