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Investigating the role of beliefs about emotions, emotional suppression and distress within a pain management programme for fibromyalgia

Investigating the role of beliefs about emotions, emotional suppression and distress within a pain management programme for fibromyalgia
Investigating the role of beliefs about emotions, emotional suppression and distress within a pain management programme for fibromyalgia
Introduction:
This study aims to explore the relationships between beliefs about emotions, emotional suppression, distress and global impact (i.e. the extent to which a patient’s symptoms impact their life) in a longitudinal design with patients who are taking part in a pain management programme.

Methods:
A total of 40 participants with fibromyalgia took part in pain management programmes at multiple sites as part of their usual care in the National Health Service. Measures of beliefs about the unacceptability of experiencing and expressing emotions, emotional suppression, distress and global impact were completed before and after the programmes.

Results:
Beliefs about emotions significantly reduced following treatment, but emotional suppression did not. Changes in beliefs about emotion correlated with changes in emotional suppression. Changes in distress were related to changes in suppression and the relationship between global impact and beliefs about emotions was approaching significance.

Conclusion:
Emotional suppression and beliefs about emotions may play a role in the improvement in distress following treatment. However, future research should examine these variables as mediators of the effect of treatment compared to waitlist controls in a larger sample.


2049-4637
112 - 120
Bowers, Hannah M
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Pincus, Tamar
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Jones, Gareth
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Wroe, Abigail L
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Bowers, Hannah M
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Pincus, Tamar
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Jones, Gareth
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Wroe, Abigail L
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Bowers, Hannah M, Pincus, Tamar, Jones, Gareth and Wroe, Abigail L (2019) Investigating the role of beliefs about emotions, emotional suppression and distress within a pain management programme for fibromyalgia. British Journal of Pain, 112 - 120. (doi:10.1177/2049463718820882).

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Abstract

Introduction:
This study aims to explore the relationships between beliefs about emotions, emotional suppression, distress and global impact (i.e. the extent to which a patient’s symptoms impact their life) in a longitudinal design with patients who are taking part in a pain management programme.

Methods:
A total of 40 participants with fibromyalgia took part in pain management programmes at multiple sites as part of their usual care in the National Health Service. Measures of beliefs about the unacceptability of experiencing and expressing emotions, emotional suppression, distress and global impact were completed before and after the programmes.

Results:
Beliefs about emotions significantly reduced following treatment, but emotional suppression did not. Changes in beliefs about emotion correlated with changes in emotional suppression. Changes in distress were related to changes in suppression and the relationship between global impact and beliefs about emotions was approaching significance.

Conclusion:
Emotional suppression and beliefs about emotions may play a role in the improvement in distress following treatment. However, future research should examine these variables as mediators of the effect of treatment compared to waitlist controls in a larger sample.


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Published date: 9 January 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 453090
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/453090
ISSN: 2049-4637
PURE UUID: a16e82d9-b7b7-446d-942e-a05e8ec9004a
ORCID for Hannah M Bowers: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1996-6652
ORCID for Tamar Pincus: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-5624

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Author: Hannah M Bowers ORCID iD
Author: Tamar Pincus ORCID iD
Author: Gareth Jones
Author: Abigail L Wroe

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