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" Coping with Chronic Pain through the Lens of Time Perspective Theory "
Cooper, Anna Grace
Mitchell, Nathanael
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1113564
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TLpq2323919294
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Cooper, Anna Grace
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Mitchell, Nathanael
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Coping with Chronic Pain through the Lens of Time Perspective Theory\ Cooper, Anna GraceMitchell, Nathanael
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Spalding University
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2020
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2020
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Psy.D.
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104
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Chronic pain is one of the most debilitating physical problems one can experience. Chronic pain is pain that persists for at least three months. In contrast to acute pain, in which pain signals fire for a short period of time, chronic pain signals continue firing for weeks, months, or years (NCCIH, 2015; Sperry, 2009). In the United States, approximately 25.3 million adults (11.2%) experience chronic pain (NCCIH, 2015). Chronic pain often causes patients to have difficulty working, maintaining relationships, and getting adequate sleep. In addition, it is often related to other comorbid health problems, as well as psychological distress and depression. Unfortunately, for many patients experiencing chronic pain, there is little hope for a cure. For this reason, patients are forced to cope in different ways, as medication is often ineffective on its own. Understanding not only how chronic pain impacts the patient physically, but also psychologically and socially, can allow for better understanding of the patient and how to help them cope with their pain (Turk & Okifuji, 2002). The present study investigated the relationship between chronic pain severity, religious coping, self-efficacy, catastrophizing, and time perspectives. Minimal research has been conducted regarding Time Perspective Theory (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999) and coping, and few studies have illustrated its relationship with religious coping, coping with chronic pain, catastrophizing, and self-efficacy. Understanding how religious coping, time perspective, catastrophizing, and self-efficacy may be related to pain severity could allow therapists to better conceptualize and treat their patients.
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Active and passive coping
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Chronic pain
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Coping
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Religious coping
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Self-efficacy
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Time perspective theory
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