Relation between catastrophizing and depression in chronic pain patients

Article Abstract:

Catastrophizing is a maladaptive coping strategy that is characterized by a lack of confidence and sense of control and the expectation of a negative outcome. Patients with chronic pain and depression may exhibit catastrophizing as a cognitive process in response to their condition, and the catastrophizing may increase the intensity of the depression and pain. Previous research has revealed a positive correlation between catastrophizing and depression, but only a weak association between catastrophizing and chronic pain has been detected. This study examined 125 patients with chronic pain to identify relationships among catastrophizing, pain and depression. Cognitive and behavioral strategies were evaluated using the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) which contains several subscales that measure various ways individuals cope with pain. The initial results revealed that depression and catastrophizing were significantly associated. However, when questions that were considered redundant were removed from consideration, no significant relation with depression was observed for any of the CSQ subscales. These results are discussed with an emphasis on difficulties of interpretation and a consideration of factors that confound the study. It is suggested that catastrophizing may be a cognitive manifestation of depression, since exaggerated negative cognitions are included in the diagnostic criteria for depression, rather than a condition that can be recognized as distinct from depression. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Complications and side effects, Intractable pain, Catastrophical, The

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The price of soliciting and receiving negative feedback: self-verification theory as a vulnerability to depression theory

Article Abstract:

The naturalistic 'roommate methodology' was used to determine whether individuals who solicit and receive negative feedback are more likely to exhibit more symptoms of depression than others. Results generally confirmed the hypothesis. In addition, results revealed that negative feedback or roommate rejection alone failed to elicit an increase in symptoms. Instead, it was only when both factors were combined that the rate of depressed symptoms rose.

Research, Causes of, Risk factors, Feedback (Psychology), Roommates, Feedback (Communication), Rejection (Psychology)

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