The Influence of the Fear of Negative Evaluation on Activity Avoidance in Fibromyalgia: Exploring Pain Acceptance and Positive Affect as Resilience Variables.

To examine the mediating role of pain acceptance (PAcc) between fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and activity avoidance (AV) at different levels of positive affect (PA) (moderator) among women diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM) (moderate mediation model). This study was cross-sectional in design. A convenience sample of women with FM ( = 231) completed measures of pain severity, FNE, PAcc, AV, and PA.

Fibromyalgia: Evidence for Deficits in Positive Psychology Resources. A Case-Control Study from the Al-Ándalus Project.

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).

Factor structure of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in adult women with fibromyalgia from Southern Spain: the al-Ándalus project.

Background: Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by the presence of widespread chronic pain. People with fibromyalgia report lower levels of Positive Affect and higher levels of Negative Affect than non-fibromyalgia peers. The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)-a widely used questionnaire to assess two core domains of affect; namely 'Positive Affect' and 'Negative Affect' -has a controversial factor structure varying across studies.