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Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1/2014

01-08-2014 | Original Article

Stress-Related Clinical Pain and Mood in Women with Chronic Pain: Moderating Effects of Depression and Positive Mood Induction

Authors: Mary C. Davis, Ph.D., Kirti Thummala, B.A., Alex J. Zautra, Ph.D.

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Chronic pain with comorbid depression is characterized by poor mood regulation and stress-related pain.

Purpose

This study aims to compare depressed and non-depressed pain patients in mood and pain stress reactivity and recovery, and test whether a post-stress positive mood induction moderates pain recovery.

Methods

Women with fibromyalgia and/or osteoarthritis (N = 110) underwent interpersonal stress and were then randomly assigned by pain condition and depression status, assessed via the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale, to positive versus neutral mood induction.

Results

Depression did not predict stress-related reactivity in despondency, joviality, or clinical pain. However, depression × mood condition predicted recovery in joviality and clinical pain; depressed women recovered only in the positive mood condition, whereas non-depressed women recovered in both mood conditions.

Conclusions

Depression does not alter pain and mood stress reactivity, but does impair recovery. Boosting post-stress jovial mood ameliorates pain recovery deficits in depressed patients, a finding relevant to chronic pain interventions.
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Metadata
Title
Stress-Related Clinical Pain and Mood in Women with Chronic Pain: Moderating Effects of Depression and Positive Mood Induction
Authors
Mary C. Davis, Ph.D.
Kirti Thummala, B.A.
Alex J. Zautra, Ph.D.
Publication date
01-08-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9583-6

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