"Decentering" reflects psychological flexibility in people with chronic pain and correlates with their quality of functioning

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 820-823

  McCracken, Lance M ^a   Gutieŕrez Martínez, Olga ^b   Smyth, Claire ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Chronic pain; Cognitive defusion; Decentering; Psychological flexibility

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882645367     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028093     Document Type: Article

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