TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of perfectionistic self-presentation in pediatric pain
AU - Sánchez-Rodríguez, Elisabet
AU - Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra
AU - Pathak, Anupa
AU - Solé, Ester
AU - Sharma, Saurab
AU - Jensen, Mark P.
AU - Miró, Jordi
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This work was partly supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (RTI2018-09870-B-I00; RED2018-102546-T), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Government of Catalonia (AGAUR; 2017SGR-1321), Fundación Grünenthal (Spain), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (PFR program) and ICREA-Acadèmia.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: AFV has received a research grant attributed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/ BPD/121452/2016).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/1/2
Y1 - 2021/1/2
N2 - This study sought to better understand the associations between perfectionistic selfpresentation and measures of pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue in children and adolescents with pain. In the study, 218 adolescents responded to measures of perfectionistic self-presentation (i.e., perfectionistic self-promotion, nondisplay of imperfection and nondisclosure of imperfection), pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue. Four hierarchical regression analyses and three mediation analyses were conducted. Our results showed that perfectionistic self-promotion was significantly and independently associated with pain intensity and that nondisplay of imperfection was significantly and independently associated with pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue. Nondisclosure of imperfection was not significantly associated with any criterion variable. Pain catastrophizing mediated the association between both perfectionistic self-presentation and nondisplay imperfection and pain interference but not between nondisclosure of imperfection and pain interference. The findings provide new information about the role of perfectionistic self-presentation in children and adolescents’ experience of pain. These findings, if replicated, support perfectionism as a potential target of pain treatment in young people.
AB - This study sought to better understand the associations between perfectionistic selfpresentation and measures of pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue in children and adolescents with pain. In the study, 218 adolescents responded to measures of perfectionistic self-presentation (i.e., perfectionistic self-promotion, nondisplay of imperfection and nondisclosure of imperfection), pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue. Four hierarchical regression analyses and three mediation analyses were conducted. Our results showed that perfectionistic self-promotion was significantly and independently associated with pain intensity and that nondisplay of imperfection was significantly and independently associated with pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue. Nondisclosure of imperfection was not significantly associated with any criterion variable. Pain catastrophizing mediated the association between both perfectionistic self-presentation and nondisplay imperfection and pain interference but not between nondisclosure of imperfection and pain interference. The findings provide new information about the role of perfectionistic self-presentation in children and adolescents’ experience of pain. These findings, if replicated, support perfectionism as a potential target of pain treatment in young people.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Pain catastrophizing
KW - Pain intensity
KW - Pain interference
KW - Perfectionistic selfpresentation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099417291&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18020591
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18020591
M3 - Article
C2 - 33445761
AN - SCOPUS:85099417291
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 2
M1 - 591
ER -
