Effects of Receiving Pain-Related Support on Psychological Well-Being : The Moderating Roles of Emotional Responses to Support

OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether receiving greater pain-related instrumental support is associated with poorer psychological well-being among chronic pain patients who report less positive (e.g., grateful) or more negative (e.g., angry) emotional responses to support.

METHODS: We conducted regression analyses, utilizing data from two waves of interviews with 152 knee osteoarthritis patients. Three indicators of psychological well-being were examined: depressive symptoms, positive affect, and negative affect.

RESULTS: Receiving greater support was associated with poorer psychological well-being at baseline, as well as higher depressive symptoms and negative affect at the 18-month follow-up, only among patients with low positive emotional responses to support. Furthermore, receiving greater support was related to poorer psychological well-being at baseline only among patients with high negative emotional responses to support.

DISCUSSION: Care recipients' less positive emotional responses to support may be a risk factor for poorer psychological well-being in both the short- and long-term, when receiving greater support.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of aging and health - (2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 8982643241247248

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nah, Suyoung [VerfasserIn]
Martire, Lynn M [VerfasserIn]
Felt, John M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Care recipients
Caregiving
Chronic pain
Couples
Journal Article
Mental health

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Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1177/08982643241247248

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM37108346X