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Anxiety and negative affect are closely linked as co-occurring psychological constructs, with research indicating that rumination and cognitive vulnerability exacerbate both simultaneously [1]. Furthermore, clinical models of chronic pain demonstrate that factors like pain catastrophizing are strongly associated with both anxiety and negative affect [2], a relationship further explored in recent meta-analytic research [3].
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Associations between pain intensity, psychosocial factors ... - Nature nature.com 2 facts
referenceRogers, A. H. and Farris, S. G. published 'A meta-analysis of the associations of elements of the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain with negative affect, depression, anxiety, pain-related disability and pain intensity' in the European Journal of Pain in 2022.
claimA meta-analysis of patients with chronic pain found that fear of pain, pain catastrophizing, and pain vigilance were strongly associated with negative affect, anxiety, pain intensity, and disability, supporting components of the fear-avoidance model.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe fusion of self and negative thoughts, combined with rumination, plays a critical role in exacerbating negative affect, maintaining or heightening anxiety, and increasing cognitive vulnerability to psychopathology, according to Smith and Alloy (2009).