RT Journal Article
T1 Fibromyalgia: Evidence for Deficits in Positive Psychology Resources. A Case-Control Study from the Al-Ándalus Project
A1 Arrayás-Grajera, Manuel Javier
A1 Tornero-Quiñones, Inmaculada
A1 Gavilán-Carrera, Blanca
A1 Luque-Reca, Octavio
A1 Peñacoba-Puente, Cecilia
A1 Sierra-Robles, Ángela
A1 Carbonell-Baeza, Ana
A1 Estévez-López, Fernando
K1 Chronic pain
K1 Emotional intelligence
K1 Fibromyalgia
K1 Persistent physical symptoms
K1 Resilience (psychological)
K1 Subjective well-being
K1 Vulnerability (psychological)
K1 Dolor crónico
K1 Inteligencia emocional
K1 Fibromialgia
K1 Resiliencia psicológica
K1 Satisfacción personal
K1 Vulnerabilidad
AB Positive psychology is the study of positive subjective experience and individual traits. Identifying deficits in positive psychology regarding fibromyalgia may inform targets for management. Therefore, the aim of the present case-control study was to compare the levels of positive affect, negative affect, satisfaction with life, optimism and emotional repair in a large sample of women with fibromyalgia (cases) and age-matched peers without fibromyalgia (controls). This case-control study included 437 women with fibromyalgia (51.6 ± 7.1 years old) and 206 age-matched women without fibromyalgia (50.6 ± 7.2 years old). Participants self-reported their levels of (i) subjective well-being on the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and the Satisfaction with Life Scale, (ii) dispositional optimism on the Life Orientation Test-Revised and (iii) emotional repair on the Trait Meta-Mood Scale. Women with fibromyalgia showed lower levels of positive affect, satisfaction with life, optimism and emotional repair and higher levels of negative affect. Large effect sizes were found for positive affect, negative affect and satisfaction with life (all, Cohen's d ≥ 0.80) and small-to-moderate for emotional repair and optimism (both, Cohen's d ≥ 0.50). Women with fibromyalgia experience deficits of positive psychology resources. Thus, developing tailored therapies for fibromyalgia focusing on reducing deficits in positive psychology resources may be of clinical interest, though this remains to be corroborated in future research.
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021-11-16
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3954
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3954
LA en
NO Arrayás-Grajera MJ, Tornero-Quiñones I, Gavilán-Carrera B, Luque-Reca O, Peñacoba-Puente C, Sierra-Robles Á, et al. Fibromyalgia: Evidence for Deficits in Positive Psychology Resources. A Case-Control Study from the Al-Ándalus Project. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 16;18(22):12021
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025