Optimism, Positive and Negative Affect, and Goal Adjustment Strategies: Their Relationship to Activity Patterns in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Objective. Activity patterns are the product of pain and of the self-regulation of current goals in the context of pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between goal management strategies and activity patterns while taking into account the role of optimism/pessimism and posi...

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Main Authors: Rosa Esteve, Alicia E. López-Martínez, Madelon L. Peters, Elena R. Serrano-Ibáñez, Gema T. Ruiz-Párraga, Carmen Ramírez-Maestre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6291719