Mindfulness and pain catastrophization: how are they associated in women with chronic painful temporomandibular disorder (TMD)?
Graziela Valle Da Silva, Laís Valencise Magri, Melissa De Oliveira Melchior, Christie Ramos Andrade Leite-Panissi, Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato
Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice January 2025 DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2022.2086208 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Women with chronic temporomandibular disorder (TMD) |
| Measures | Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Tmd Catastrophization Chronic pain |
| Key findings | In women with chronic TMD, pain catastrophizing magnification was inversely correlated with the mindfulness facets 'not reacting' and 'not judging' and with total FFMQ score; total catastrophizing was inversely correlated with 'not reacting.' The authors propose that mindfulness-based interventions for this population should account for these facet-specific associations. |
Abstract
Pain catastrophizing has dimensions of magnification, rumination, and helplessness, being an important evaluator of chronic pain. Studies with mindfulness intervention point to a possible modulation of chronic pain catastrophizing behavior. However, how these facets of mindfulness are associated with the catastrophizing subscales is uncertain. The scope of this study is to verify how the association of mindfulness facets and catastrophizing subdimensions occurs. Women with chronic TMD answered the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Magnification was inversely correlated with "not reacting," "not judging," and the total FFMQ score. Total PCS was also inversely correlated with "not reacting." It is necessary to consider such possible correlations between mindfulness facets and the catastrophizing subdimensions in mindfulness-based interventions for this population.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
Citations in the library
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