CHRONIC PAIN ACCEPTANCE: OPTIMISM MEDIATES THE RELATION BETWEEN DISPOSITIONAL MINDFULNESS AND PAIN ACCEPTANCE

<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Chronic pain is associated with many indicators of maladjustment. We expected that five individual components of dispositional mindfulness would be positively associated with pain willingness (Hypothesis 1) and activity engagement (Hypothesis 2). A mediational hypothesis was tested, whereby dispositional mindfulness would be positively associated with optimism and optimism would in turn be positively associated with both pain willingness and activity engagement (Hypothesis 3). Both Hypothesis 1 and 2 were partially supported. Acting with awareness and nonjudging were the only mindfulness components that were positively associated with pain willingness. Other components of mindfulness were either negatively associated with pain willingness (observing) or were nonsignificant predictors of pain willingness (describing, nonreactivity). Compared to pain willingness, more components of mindfulness were positive predictors of activity engagement. Results also support Hypothesis 3. Optimism accounted for a significant indirect association between dispositional mindfulness and pain willingness as well as between dispositional mindfulness and activity engagement.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts - Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Miles, Kelli

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sarah Savoy
• Scott Drury
• Sylvia Middlebrook

• Health Psychology
• Human Factors Psychology
• Pain Management

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/330

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1323