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Perceived Injustice and Adverse Recovery Outcomes

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Research is accumulating highlighting the negative impact of perceptions of injustice on health and mental outcomes associated with pain. To date, the relation between perceived injustice and adverse pain outcomes has been demonstrated with individuals suffering from a wide range of debilitating pain conditions. This paper summarizes what is currently known about the negative impact of justice-related appraisals on recovery trajectories following injury. The paper also addresses the processes that might underlie the relations between perceived injustice and adverse pain outcomes. Given the research indicating that perceived injustice is a powerful predictor of disability, it follows that interventions that yield reductions in perceived injustice should be associated with reductions in disability. Of concern, however, is that perceptions of injustice do not appear to respond to current treatment approaches used in the management of pain and disability consequent to injury. It is argued that a paradigm shift in approaches to evaluation and treatment might be required in order to yield meaningful reductions in perceived injustice. Such a paradigm shift might entail broadening the targets of assessment and intervention beyond the ‘perceptions’ of the injured individual to include potential external sources of injustice (e.g., employer, insurer, health care provider) in the treatment plan.

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Sullivan, M.J.L., Yakobov, E., Scott, W. et al. Perceived Injustice and Adverse Recovery Outcomes. Psychol. Inj. and Law 7, 325–334 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-014-9209-8

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