IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 12021: Fibromyalgia: Evidence for Deficits in Positive Psychology Resources. A Case-Control Study from the Al- Ándalus Project

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 12021: Fibromyalgia: Evidence for Deficits in Positive Psychology Resources. A Case-Control Study from the Al-Ándalus Project International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212021 Authors: Manuel Javier Arrayás-Grajera Inmaculada Tornero-Quiñones Blanca Gavilán-Carrera Octavio Luque-Reca Cecilia Peñacoba-Puente Ángela Sierra-Robles Ana Carbonell-Baeza Fernando Estévez-López Positive psychology is the study of positive subjective experience and individual traits. Identifying deficits in positive psychology regarding fibromyalgia may inform targets for management. Therefore, the aim of the present case–control study was to compare the levels of positive affect, negative affect, satisfaction with life, optimism and emotional repair in a large sample of women with fibromyalgia (cases) and age-matched peers without fibromyalgia (controls). This case–control study included 437 women with fibromyalgia (51.6 ± 7.1 years old) and 206 age-matched women without fibromyalgia (50.6 ± 7.2 years old). Participants self-reported their levels of (i) subjective well-being on the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and the Satisfaction with Life Scale, (ii) dispositional optimism on the Life Orientation Test-Revised and (iii) emotional repair on the Trait Meta-Mood Scale. Women with fibromyalgia showed lower levels of positive affect, satisfaction with life, optimism and emotional repair and hi...
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