Parisa R Kaliush, Madeleine Bruce, Uma D Parameswaran, Paula G Williams, Ayla J Castano, Zachary Carbone, Lauren Pasternak, Elisabeth Conradt, Sheila E Crowell
{"title":"Diary- and actigraphy-estimated nighttime sleep during the perinatal period: A multimethod study.","authors":"Parisa R Kaliush, Madeleine Bruce, Uma D Parameswaran, Paula G Williams, Ayla J Castano, Zachary Carbone, Lauren Pasternak, Elisabeth Conradt, Sheila E Crowell","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00527-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00527-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Accurate estimation of perinatal sleep is important for informing future research and multigenerational health interventions. We compared diary- and actigraphy-estimated sleep parameters during pregnancy and postpartum. We informed our interpretation of these analyses with participants' feedback about these sleep estimation methods. This preregistered study ( https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UZFRD ) included 92 English-speaking, women-identified birthing parents who completed sleep diaries and wore wrist actigraphs for 7 days during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy, 6 weeks postpartum, and 16 weeks postpartum. Sleep parameters included total sleep time (TST), sleep efficiency (SE), sleep onset latency (SOL), and wake after sleep onset (WASO). Multilevel models tested associations between diary and actigraphic sleep over time. Results indicated that diary and actigraphic sleep parameters were significantly associated over time, although actigraphic TST, SE, and SOL tended to be lower-and WASO longer-than diary estimations. WASO estimations were significantly more discrepant during 6 weeks postpartum than during the 3rd trimester or 16 weeks postpartum. Using conventional content analysis, three primary themes emerged from participants' feedback about sleep diaries and wrist actigraphs that enriched our interpretation of multilevel model results: (1) Wearability, (2) Functionality/Ease of Use, and (3) Measurement Accuracy. This study was the first to implement a multimethod design supplemented by qualitative data to investigate not only the association between diary and actigraphic perinatal sleep, but what it is like for birthing parents to engage with these sleep estimation methods. This study has important implications for behavioral medicine research and practice with perinatal populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"280-297"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142773838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nichole R Kelly, Derek Kosty, Yosef Bodovski, Courtney K Blackwell, Jody M Ganiban, Jenae M Neiderhiser, Dana Dabelea, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Judy L Aschner, Theresa M Bastain, Carrie V Breton, Nicole R Bush, Catrina A Calub, Carlos A Camargo, Marie Camerota, Lisa A Croen, Amy J Elliott, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Assiamira Ferrara, Tina Hartert, Robert M Joseph, Margaret R Karagas, Rachel S Kelly, Kristen Lyall, Kelsey E Magee, Cindy T McEvoy, Francheska M Merced-Nieves, Thomas G O'Connor, Sara Santarossa, Susan L Schantz, Rebecca J Schmidt, Joseph B Stanford, Jennifer K Straughen, Annemarie Stroustrup, Nicole M Talge, Rosalind J Wright, Qi Zhao, Leslie D Leve
{"title":"Children's executive functioning and health behaviors across pediatric life stages and ecological contexts.","authors":"Nichole R Kelly, Derek Kosty, Yosef Bodovski, Courtney K Blackwell, Jody M Ganiban, Jenae M Neiderhiser, Dana Dabelea, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Judy L Aschner, Theresa M Bastain, Carrie V Breton, Nicole R Bush, Catrina A Calub, Carlos A Camargo, Marie Camerota, Lisa A Croen, Amy J Elliott, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Assiamira Ferrara, Tina Hartert, Robert M Joseph, Margaret R Karagas, Rachel S Kelly, Kristen Lyall, Kelsey E Magee, Cindy T McEvoy, Francheska M Merced-Nieves, Thomas G O'Connor, Sara Santarossa, Susan L Schantz, Rebecca J Schmidt, Joseph B Stanford, Jennifer K Straughen, Annemarie Stroustrup, Nicole M Talge, Rosalind J Wright, Qi Zhao, Leslie D Leve","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00543-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00543-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Executive functioning (EF) has been linked to chronic disease risk in children. Health behaviors are thought to partially explain this association. The current cross-sectional study evaluated specific domains of EF and varied health behaviors in three pediatric life stages. Pediatric participants (early childhood n = 2074, M<sub>age</sub> = 6.4 ± 0.9 y; middle childhood n = 3230, M<sub>age</sub> = 9.6 ± 1.2 y; adolescence n = 1416, M<sub>age</sub> = 15.2 ± 1.7 y) were part of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. They completed neurocognitive tasks measuring cognitive flexibility, behavioral inhibition, and working memory. Parent- and/or child-report measures of dietary intake, physical activity, sleep duration and quality, income, and positive parenting were also collected. Neighborhood crime and greenspace were calculated from publicly available census-tract level indices. After adjusting for study site, child body mass index, and demographics, working memory was related in the hypothesized direction to several dietary behaviors within all pediatric life stages. Working memory and cognitive flexibility were positively related to physical activity in middle childhood and adolescence. In adolescence, behavioral inhibition was positively related to physical activity and inversely related to sugar-sweetened beverage and total caloric intake. Associations with sleep were all non-significant. All significant associations reflected small effect sizes. Income, positive parenting, greenspace, and crime did not significantly influence any of the EF-health behavior associations. Findings highlight the need to consider EF domains, specific health behaviors, and developmental stage in creating intervention strategies that target EF to improve health behaviors. The small effect sizes reinforce the need for multi-tiered interventions to maximize health.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"230-250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Ryan Page, Philip Quinlan, Len Lecci, Dale J Cohen
{"title":"Psychological value theory: predicting health-seeking behavior from symptom perception.","authors":"G Ryan Page, Philip Quinlan, Len Lecci, Dale J Cohen","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00531-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00531-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We recruit Psychological Value Theory (PVT) to understand how symptom value influences health-seeking decisions. Estimates of the Psychological Value of relief from a particular symptom were previously collected and used to predict the speed of participants' decision and the choice they make in three discrete choice experiments. Experiment 1 presented participants with a scenario and asked them to identify which of two symptoms they would seek healthcare services to treat. For each participant on every trial, two randomly chosen symptoms were inserted into the scenario. Experiment 2 addressed how the Psychological Value of a group of symptoms is predicted from the individual symptoms. Experiment 2 replicated Experiment 1 using groups of two symptoms, and predicted choice based on three grouping functions. Experiment 3 replicated Experiment 2 using a yes/no task, whereby participants were asked if they would pursue a health care visit for a single set of symptoms. The results showed that PVT accurately predicted speed and choice in all three experiments. The Psychological Value of relief from a symptom was the primary driver of choice along with a response bias in favor of avoiding symptoms labeled \"severe.\"Health-seeking decisions are well modeled by a general-purpose, value-based computational model (PVT), with the Psychological Value of relief from health symptoms as a primary driver of health-seeking behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"251-267"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naomi Greenfield, Matthew Wysocki, Kimberly Arcoleo, Juliana Rodriguez, Sunit Jariwala, Paula Busse, Alex Federman, Juan Wisnivesky, Jonathan M Feldman
{"title":"The relationship between depressive symptoms and coping style on asthma outcomes in older adults.","authors":"Naomi Greenfield, Matthew Wysocki, Kimberly Arcoleo, Juliana Rodriguez, Sunit Jariwala, Paula Busse, Alex Federman, Juan Wisnivesky, Jonathan M Feldman","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00538-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00538-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the impact of coping styles in older adults with asthma on the prospective relationship between depressive symptoms and asthma outcomes, and how their perceptions of social support influenced their coping styles.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adults 60 and over with asthma were recruited and interviewed about their experiences of asthma, depression, and other psychosocial factors over three time points (Baseline, 6-month, and 12-month visits). Structural equation models examined the mediating roles of coping styles in the relationship between depressive symptoms (assessed by BDI-II) and asthma outcomes (i.e., asthma control, asthma quality of life, asthma-related distress, asthma-related hospitalizations, and oral corticosteroid use) and the mediating role of perceived social support in the relationship between depressive symptoms and coping style.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>455 participants were included in this study. Overall, 33.9% of the study population self-identified as Black and 32.8% as Hispanic. Depressive symptoms at baseline predicted less spiritual coping at 6 months (β = - 0.15, p = 0.03), more negative coping at 6 months (β = 0.44, p < .0001), and worse asthma outcomes at 12 months (β = 0.31, p < .0001). None of the coping styles significantly mediated the relationship between depressive symptoms and asthma outcomes. Perceived social support mediated the relationship between depressive symptoms and positive coping, such that more depressive symptoms predicted less perceived social support, which in turn resulted in less positive coping engagement (β = - 0.06, p = 0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates that in older adults with asthma depressive symptoms impact perceived social support, coping strategy selection (including spiritual coping), and subsequent asthma outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"317-330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142822614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adam W Hanley, Allison Davis, Phillip Worts, Steven Pratscher
{"title":"Cyclic sighing in the clinic waiting room may decrease pain: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Adam W Hanley, Allison Davis, Phillip Worts, Steven Pratscher","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00548-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00548-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain is a common medical experience, and patient access to pain management could be improved with novel intervention formats. Emerging evidence indicates brief, asynchronous, single-session interventions delivered in the clinic waiting room can improve patient outcomes, but only a few treatment modalities have been investigated to date. Breathwork is a promising approach to managing acute clinical pain that could be delivered asynchronously in the clinic waiting room. However, the direct impact of a breathwork intervention (e.g., brief cyclic sighing) on patients' pain and psychological distress (e.g., anxiety and depression symptoms) while waiting in the clinic waiting room remains unexamined. This single-site, pilot, randomized controlled trial examined the impact of a 4-minute, asynchronous, cyclic sighing intervention on participants' acute clinical symptoms in the x-ray waiting room of a walk-in orthopedic clinic relative to a time- and attention-matched injury management control condition. Pain unpleasantness, pain intensity, anxiety symptoms, and depression symptoms were measured in the study. Participants receiving the cyclic sighing intervention reported significantly less pain unpleasantness and pain intensity while waiting for an x-ray relative to controls. Anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms were not found to differ by condition. Results from this RCT indicate a brief, asynchronous, cyclic sighing intervention may be capable of quickly decreasing pain in the waiting room. Continued investigation is now needed to determine if embedding brief, asynchronous, cyclic sighing interventions in clinic waiting rooms has the potential to help people experiencing acute pain feel better faster. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATIONS: NCT06292793.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"385-393"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143190934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael J Zvolensky, Tanya Smit, Andrew H Rogers, Jafar Bakhshaie, Joseph W Ditre, Dipali V Rinker
{"title":"Differences in anxiety, depression and pain experience among adults with chronic low back pain as a function of nicotine product use.","authors":"Michael J Zvolensky, Tanya Smit, Andrew H Rogers, Jafar Bakhshaie, Joseph W Ditre, Dipali V Rinker","doi":"10.1007/s10865-024-00547-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-024-00547-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The landscape of nicotine use in the United States (US) has continued to evolve, with electronic cigarette use (hereafter e-cigarette) becoming more evident in recent years. Patterns of dual nicotine use, or using combustible nicotine in conjunction with e-cigarettes, may increase dependence on nicotine, continued exposure to toxins, and corresponding health risks. One of the most prevalent health problems related to nicotine use is the experience of chronic pain. Past work has established a bidirectional relationship between nicotine use and pain, such that pain motivates nicotine use and nicotine use contributes to pain. However, no work has explored differences in negative mood and pain experience as a product of nicotine use type among adults with chronic low back pain. The current cross-sectional study examined whether dual cigarette/e-cigarette use was associated with greater anxiety, depression, and pain experience among a sample of adult nicotine users (cigarettes and/or e-cigarettes) with self-reported mild to severe chronic low back pain (N = 1034, 66.0% female, M<sub>age</sub>= 44.47 years, SD = 11.63). Results indicated that, compared to exclusive combustible nicotine users, dual cigarette/e-cigarette users had statistically significantly higher anxiety, depression, and pain disability scores, beyond the effects of age, sex, education, and use of opioid medications for pain. No significant group differences emerged as a function of exclusive e-cigarette use. The current findings highlight that dual cigarette/e-cigarette use may serve to mark a subpopulation of persons with chronic low back pain who present more complicated clinical features that require comprehensive care.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"331-340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gregor Weißflog, Jochen Ernst, Peter Esser, Uwe Platzbecker, Vladan Vucinic, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Franziska Springer
{"title":"The impact of experiential avoidance on anxiety and depressive disorders in hematological cancer patients.","authors":"Gregor Weißflog, Jochen Ernst, Peter Esser, Uwe Platzbecker, Vladan Vucinic, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Franziska Springer","doi":"10.1007/s10865-025-00553-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10865-025-00553-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anxiety disorders and/or depressive disorders co-occurring with hematological cancer are an additional burden for patients. Experiential avoidance (EA; efforts to avoid negative emotions, thoughts, or memories) is an empirically evident transdiagnostic factor for the onset and maintenance of anxiety and depressive disorders in non-cancer populations. There is lack of evidence on the impact of EA in predicting anxiety and depression in cancer patients. A total of 291 patients with hematological cancer (60% male, mean age 55 years) were included in this cross-sectional observational study. Participants were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 mental disorders (SCID-5). EA was assessed via self-report using the Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ). Hierarchical binomial logistic regression was conducted in order to estimate the impact of EA on anxiety and depressive disorders. A total of 38 patients (13.3%) met the diagnostic criteria for a current anxiety disorder, while 49 patients (17.2%) met the criteria for a current depressive disorder. In bivariate analyses, EA was significantly elevated in patients with an anxiety disorder in comparison to those without (54.4 vs. 48.9; p = 0.01). The same was true for depressive disorder (54.9 vs. 48.6; p < 0.01). After controlling for relevant sociodemographic and medical factors, EA did not predict anxiety or depressive disorder in separate regression models. The presence of an anxiety disorder was significantly predicted by female sex, younger age and elevated comorbidity burden. In contrast, the presence of a depressive disorder was predicted by comorbidity burden. Sociodemographic and medical predictors have greater predictive potential than EA regarding current anxiety and depressive disorder in hematological cancer patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"394-402"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11929714/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143383541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel A Garcia, Ashley M Lindquist, Joshua I Torres, Anna D Drozdova, Theodore V Cooper
{"title":"Associations between sleep health and familial social support, intragroup marginalization, and conflict among Hispanic adults.","authors":"Miguel A Garcia, Ashley M Lindquist, Joshua I Torres, Anna D Drozdova, Theodore V Cooper","doi":"10.1007/s10865-025-00563-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-025-00563-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sleep is vital for health and well-being, and familial relationships may impact sleep health. This study investigated the associations between sleep health and familial social support, familial intragroup marginalization, familial conflict, and living environment (i.e., living with parent(s) or legal guardian(s)) among Hispanic adults. Hispanic adult college students (n = 455) completed a survey assessing demographics, sleep quality, and familial social support, intragroup marginalization, and conflict. One hierarchical multiple linear regression model assessed the associations between these familial factors, living environment, and sleep quality. Results indicated that poorer sleep quality was associated with greater familial conflict in the full hierarchical regression model (i.e., Step 6). In Step 2 though, poorer sleep quality was inversely associated with familial social support, yet this association disappeared once familial intragroup marginalization was entered. Post-hoc mediation analysis revealed that familial social support was inversely indirectly associated with sleep quality through familial intragroup marginalization and conflict serially. Living environment did not moderate any relationships between familial factors and sleep quality. That familial social support was initially associated with enhanced sleep quality until familial intragroup marginalization was considered suggests that familial negativity may have a greater impact on sleep health than familial social support. Further, familial social support may influence sleep quality through familial negativity. Familial conflict may be particularly detrimental for sleep health. Clinical implications are discussed. Longitudinal studies are warranted to assess temporality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143626593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily K Spotts, Kelly S Clemens, Kate Faasse, Andrew L Geers
{"title":"The effect of attribute framing on beliefs and attitudes toward branded and generic medications.","authors":"Emily K Spotts, Kelly S Clemens, Kate Faasse, Andrew L Geers","doi":"10.1007/s10865-025-00562-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-025-00562-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Generic medications are developed to match brand-name medications in terms of active ingredients, quality, safety, and strength. Because generic medications cost less than their brand-name counterparts, they present an opportunity to reduce financial burden for patients and social institutions. Studies show, however, that patients often possess negative beliefs and evaluations of generic medications, thereby undermining use and effectiveness. In two pre-registered online experiments with community adults (Total N = 750), we tested the effect of attribute framing on attitudes, attitude certainty, and effectiveness beliefs regarding generic and brand-name medications. In both experiments, framing (positive vs. negative) and brand status (generic vs. brand name) of an allergy medication were manipulated in a 2 × 2 between-participant design. The results of both experiments produced strong effects of the framing and brand status manipulations. Specifically, allergy medicines were rated more favorably with a positive frame as compared to a negative frame. Also, branded allergy medicines were rated more positively than generic allergy medicines. In contrast with the pre-registered hypotheses, the two manipulated variables did not reliably interact to predict outcomes. These results held constant across multiple sets of stimuli and dependent measures. The findings support the position that positive framing can be employed to improve positive evaluations and effectiveness beliefs for both over-the-counter generic and branded medications.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143626594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lora L Black, Katherine Conroy, Maryam Lustberg, Ritu Salani, Barbara L Andersen, Kristen M Carpenter
{"title":"Association of sexual pain and psychological factors among gynecologic and breast cancer patients: application of components of the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain.","authors":"Lora L Black, Katherine Conroy, Maryam Lustberg, Ritu Salani, Barbara L Andersen, Kristen M Carpenter","doi":"10.1007/s10865-025-00560-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-025-00560-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A significant number of gynecologic and breast cancer survivors report chronic issues with pain during sexual activity. The fear-avoidance (FA) model of chronic pain provides a potential framework for addressing chronic sexual pain. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among components of the FA model (acute pain, anxiety, avoidance, and distress) among gynecologic and breast cancer survivors to help identify those who may be at risk for chronic sexual pain. Gynecologic and breast cancer patients (n = 97) completed baseline questionnaires as part of a psychosexual intervention. Linear regression model was used to test components of the FA model. Overall, 17-34% of female cancer survivors experienced pain related to sexual activity in the month prior to enrolling in a psychosexual intervention trial. Further, 51% of participants reported clinically significant levels of sexual distress. Results of a multiple linear regression show that sexual distress was significantly associated with acute sexual pain (Standardized β = 0.34, p <.01), anxiety (Standardized β = 0.28, p <.05), and avoidance of sexual activity (Standardized β = 0.28, p <.01) when controlling for sexual activity. Survivors of breast and gynecologic cancer entering a sexuality treatment study reported pain with sexual activity. Further, sexual distress was significantly associated with acute sexual pain, anxiety, and avoidance of sexual activity, pointing to contributions each of these FA model components have on sexual distress in this population. These findings point to the need for interventions to explicitly address anxiety and avoidance of chronic sexual pain among female cancer survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48329,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143626592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}