Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition

Pain catastrophising (PC) is one of the strongest psychological predictors of negative pain outcomes. This thesis explores higher order beliefs, or metacognitions, underlying catastrophising using four linked studies: a systematic review of randomised trials measuring PC changes; a qualitative study...

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Main Author: Schütze, Robert Michael
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59730
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description Pain catastrophising (PC) is one of the strongest psychological predictors of negative pain outcomes. This thesis explores higher order beliefs, or metacognitions, underlying catastrophising using four linked studies: a systematic review of randomised trials measuring PC changes; a qualitative study of people with elevated PC; development and validation of the Pain Metacognitions Questionnaire; and a path analysis. Results support a repetitive negative thinking model of PC where unhelpful metacognitions are important moderators of catastrophising.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-597302018-02-26T02:43:24Z Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition Schütze, Robert Michael Pain catastrophising (PC) is one of the strongest psychological predictors of negative pain outcomes. This thesis explores higher order beliefs, or metacognitions, underlying catastrophising using four linked studies: a systematic review of randomised trials measuring PC changes; a qualitative study of people with elevated PC; development and validation of the Pain Metacognitions Questionnaire; and a path analysis. Results support a repetitive negative thinking model of PC where unhelpful metacognitions are important moderators of catastrophising. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59730 Curtin University fulltext
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Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition
title Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition
title_full Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition
title_fullStr Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition
title_full_unstemmed Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition
title_short Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition
title_sort thinking about thinking about pain: development of a measure and model of pain-related metacognition
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59730