SynthesisJournal of psychosomatic research2021
The role of affect in chronic pain: A systematic review of within-person symptom dynamics.
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- Autonomic indices of negative emotion regulation predict treatment response in opioid-treated chronic low back pain.The journal of pain · 2026Trial
- Evaluating the Effects of Rewards and Schedule Length on Response Rates to Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys: Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Momentary and lagged associations between purpose in life and pain intensity in daily life.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Enhancing High-Resolution Assessment in Pain Disorders: Development of an Adaptive Real-Time Version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Rethinking measurement of movement-evoked pain with digital technology.The journal of pain · 2026Article
- Rethinking Measurement of Movement-Evoked Pain with Digital Technology.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Associations of physical pain, alcohol use, and related factors in the daily lives of patients with chronic low back pain.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Looking Inwards: The Role of Self-Care, Self-Management and Self-Healing in Musculoskeletal Pain.Musculoskeletal care · 2025Article
- Bidirectional associations between PTSD symptoms and pain in daily life among women survivors of sexual assault.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2025Article
- Differences in anxiety, depression and pain experience among adults with chronic low back pain as a function of nicotine product use.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Hypercapnia Reduces Perceived Heat Pain in Healthy Subjects.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Significant influence of low positive affect on pain: impact of COVID-19 on affect and daily chronic non-cancer pain trajectories in women.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity in Temporal Dynamics of Pain and Affect Among Individuals With Chronic Back Pain and Associations With Risk for Future Opioid-Related Problems.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024Article
- Automating the analysis of facial emotion expression dynamics: A computational framework and application in psychotic disorders.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Predictors of increased affective symptoms and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a large-scale study of 14 271 Thai adults.BMJ mental health · 2024Article
- The Experience Sampling Method in Small Fiber Neuropathy: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Pain Intensity and Physical Activity.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- Implications for a mindfulness-enhanced positive affect induction: A brief commentary toward acute pain management.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Chronic pain, chronic stress and substance use: overlapping mechanisms and implications.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveChronic pain is conceptualized as a biopsychosocial phenomenon that involves both physical and emotional processes. The vast majority of research regarding these facets of chronic pain characterizes differences between individuals. In this review, we describe problems with assuming that differences between persons accurately characterize within-person processes. We also provide a systematic review of studies that have examined within-person relationships between pain and affect among individuals with chronic pain.
methodArticles published by December 2020 that pertained to within-person assessment of pain and emotion, affect, or mood were identified. Data regarding study design, adherence, and concurrent and prospective relationships among pain and affect variables were extracted and summarized.
resultsOf 611 abstracts, 55 studies met inclusion criteria. Results suggest that individuals with chronic pain tend to experience increased negative affect and decreased positive affect when experiencing more severe pain (r
conclusionsConsistent with group-level relationships, experiencing more severe pain relative to an individual's average seems to be associated with more negative affect and less positive affect. However, individuals vary in the size and even direction of these effects. More research is necessary to understand the implications of such variability for the assessment and treatment of chronic pain.
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