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- The study investigates how cancer patients cope with their disease by examining factors beyond traditional coping strategies, specifically belief in a just world (BJW) and emotional intelligence (EI).
- It involved 68 cancer patients providing information on their BJW, EI, quality of life, anxiety, and depression.
- The findings revealed that personal BJW can reduce anxiety and potentially improve quality of life, while specific aspects of EI show varying impacts on mental health, emphasizing the importance of incorporating these factors into treatment plans for cancer patients.
Spanish version of the Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire: psychometric properties in a sample of women with fibromyalgia.
Span J Psychol
January 2015
Universidad de Granada (Spain).
Excessive attention to pain is a common psychological characteristic among people who suffer from chronic pain. The Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire (PVAQ) is an internationally accepted tool to assess this feature, although there is no validated version of this measure for Spanish people with fibromyalgia. Since this pain syndrome mainly affects women, the aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the PVAQ in Spanish women with fibromyalgia.
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