Mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between alexithymia, pain perception and perceived social support in patient with chronic pain

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zahra rezaee ¹
• najmeh fath ²

¹ MSc in clinical psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, , Shiraz, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology , Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between the alexithymia, pain perception and perceived social support in patients with chronic pain. The present study is a descriptive-correlation research. The statistical population included all of the 20 to 60 year-old women with chronic pain in Shiraz who had referred to the treatment centers during the first six months of 2018. Out of the study population, 160 individuals were selected as the study sample based on convenience method. The instruments used in the present study were: 1.cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire, 2.Toronto alexithymia scale, 3.McGill pain questionnaire and 4.perceived social support scale. To perform the goodness of fit test on the proposed model, path analysis method based on AMOS software was utilized. The results indicated that the cognitive emotion regulation strategies do not play a mediating role between alexithymia and pain perception but they significantly mediate the relationship between alexithymia and perceived social support. It can be generally stated that cognitive emotion regulation strategies can play a mediating role between alexithymia and perceived social support.

Keywords

• "Cognitive emotion regulation strategies"
• "Alexithymia"
• "Pain perception"
• "Perceived social support"
• "Chronic pain"

20.1001.1.22285516.1399.11.40.2.4

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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