Beyond Pain Intensity and catastrophizing: The Association between Self ‐Enhancing Humor Style and the Adaptation of Individuals with Chronic Pain

ConclusionsSelf ‐enhancing humor style could potentially help individuals with chronic pain to gain perspective and distance themselves from the situation through the acceptance of pain‐related negative emotions.SignificanceVery few studies have investigated the relationship between humor styles and adjustment in chronic pain samples. The results of the current study support the idea that adaptive dispositional traits, such as patient ’s self‐ enhancing humor style, play a role in the adaptation of individuals with chronic pain. Given that the association between self‐enhancing humor style and adjustment evidenced an indirect association through pain acceptance, training in the use of humor, as individuals with self‐enhan cing humor style do, might be a useful addition to ACT treatment.
Source: European Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research