It is well known that chronic pain is prevalent, complex to manage, and associated with high
costs, in health care and society in general. Thanks to advances in new forms of cognitive …

Scientific models are like tools, and like any tool they can be evaluated according to how
well they achieve the chosen goals of the task at hand. In the science of treatment …

Pain is a complex construct that contributes to profound physical and psychological
dysfunction, particularly in individuals coping with chronic pain. The current paper builds …

Background The fear-avoidance model of chronic pain has established avoidance as a
predictor of negative outcomes in chronic pain patients. Avoidance, or deliberate attempts to …

The psychological flexibility model appears to be useful for organizing research into chronic
pain. One component of the model is called “cognitive defusion.” A process referred to as …

The aim of the present study was to analyze differences between men and women in the
experience of chronic pain. Resilience, fear-avoidance of pain, and pain acceptance were …

Introduction Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a common vulvovaginal pain condition
associated with negative psychological and sexual consequences for affected women and …

An 8-item version of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ-8) has recently
been proposed and validated. The aims of this study were to further investigate the reliability …

Background: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the psychological flexibility model
on which it is based are growing interests for those researching and treating chronic pain …

Objective (S) The aim of this study was to test a theory driven model in which pain
acceptance (both pain willingness [PW] and activity engagement [AE]) mediates the …