The relation between parental chronic pain, pain ‐related attention and interpretation biases in pain‐free adolescents

ConclusionsFuture research is needed to further elucidate the precise role of parental pain in the development of pain ‐related biases and the significance of these biases in the onset and/or maintenance of a chronic pain condition in children and adolescents.SignificanceParental chronic pain may install psychological vulnerability for developing chronic pain and associated complaints in offspring. This study did not show differences in pain ‐directed attentional and interpretation bias between offspring of parents with chronic pain complaints and offspring of pain‐free parents. Further (longitudinal) research is needed to elucidate the precise role of parental pain factors in the development of pain‐related vulnerability in offsp ring of chronic pain parents, thereby identifying important targets for the prevention and early intervention of chronic pain.
Source: European Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research