The Role of Perfectionistic Self-Presentation in Pediatric Pain

Elisabet Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, Anupa Pathak, Ester Solé, Saurab Sharma, Mark P. Jensen and Jordi Miró
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Elisabet Sánchez-Rodríguez: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain–ALGOS, Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Alexandra Ferreira-Valente: William James Center for Research, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco No 34, 1149-041 Lisbon, Portugal
Anupa Pathak: Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Ester Solé: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain–ALGOS, Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Saurab Sharma: Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Mark P. Jensen: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Jordi Miró: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain–ALGOS, Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, 43007 Tarragona, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: This study sought to better understand the associations between perfectionistic self-presentation 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.

Keywords: adolescents; pain intensity; pain interference; pain catastrophizing; perfectionistic self-presentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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