OBJECTIVE: Although threat and challenge appraisals of @entity158 have been linked to both the acute and laboratory-induced @entity158 experience, these appraisals have not yet been explored in relation to @entity1118 . In addition, although attachment theory has been separately linked to the @entity1118 experience and to responses to perceived threat, it has not been explored in the context of threat and challenge appraisals of @entity1118 . The present paper addresses these two main goals. METHODS: A sample of 141 @entity1 reporting noncancer @entity158 longer than two months in duration completed a battery of assessments before commencing treatment in one of two multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs. RESULTS: Analysis of the @entity158 appraisal inventory produced two factors (threat and challenge), replicating earlier findings. Reliability coefficients for the two extracted scales were 0.87 and 0.86, respectively. Links between the two @entity158 appraisal scales and adult attachment variables proved to be significant. In particular, comfort with closeness was strongly related to challenge appraisal, while @entity148 over relationships was strongly associated with threat appraisal. As expected, both appraisals and attachment variables were also related to @entity16839 . CONCLUSIONS: Results support use of the @entity158 appraisal inventory as an evaluation tool for those with @entity1118 . Findings further suggest a substantial association between adult attachment and @entity158 appraisal, supporting the need for more in-depth analysis and consideration of implications for treatment.

Evidence of a relationship between adult attachment variables and appraisals of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants'] @entity16839 :: ('MESH:D002388', 'Disease') :: ['catastrophizing and emotional distress'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity1118 :: ('MESH:D059350', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pain']
@entity1118 :: (MESH:D059350,Disease) :: ['chronic pain']
