APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Self-Compassion Buffers the Association between Pain Severity and Perceived Burdensomeness in Military Veterans
- Meghan Crabtree
University of Texas at San Antonio - David Pillow
University of Texas at San Antonio - Eric Meyer
Veterans Affairs VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans - Eric Meyer
Texas A&M University Health Science Center - Nathan Kimbrel
Durham VA/MIRECC 6 - Nathan Kimbrel
Duke University - Bryann DeBeer
Veterans Affairs VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans - Bryann DeBeer
Texas A&M University Health Science Center - Sandra Morissette
University of Texas at San Antonio
Abstract
Perceived burdensomeness (PB) is common among pain-sufferers, and predicts greater functional impairment and suicide risk. Modifiable protective factors like self-compassion (SC), however, may promote resilience against PB. Indeed, this study demonstrated that SC significantly buffered the positive effect of pain severity on PB in a sample of 499 military veterans.
Risk/Resilience
