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Affect and pain in rheumatoid arthritis: do individual differences in affective regulation and affective intensity predict emotional recovery from pain?Nancy A Hamilton
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:216-24. 2005..Individual differences in adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis are not fully accounted for by illness severity or duration of symptoms...- The role of stressful events in the relationship between positive and negative affects: evidence from field and experimental studiesA J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287 1104, USA
J Pers 68:927-51. 2000..Alternative explanations for these effects and the implications for cognitive interventions are discussed... - Depression history, stress, and pain in rheumatoid arthritis patientsAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, P O Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Behav Med 30:187-97. 2007..Such findings provide new insight in the dynamic relationships between depression, stress, and pain... 
Dynamic approaches to emotions and stress in everyday life: Bolger and Zuckerman reloaded with positive as well as negative affectsAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Pers 73:1511-38. 2005..Integrating these research strands offers the possibility of a comprehensive yet highly sensitive and dynamic approach to the study of emotions, stress, and health in everyday life...- Daily fatigue in women with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgiaAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
Pain 128:128-35. 2007..Nonetheless, there are important differences between RA, OA, and FM patients in both the everyday manifestations and the biopsychosocial correlates of fatigue... - Positive affect as a source of resilience for women in chronic painAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:212-20. 2005..In contrast, higher levels of overall positive affect predicted lower levels of pain in subsequent weeks... - Fibromyalgia: evidence for deficits in positive affect regulationAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Psychosom Med 67:147-55. 2005..Our objective was to examine positive and negative affective indices, both at the trait and contextual levels, in FMS compared with a chronic pain control group, osteoarthritis (OA)... 
Comparison of cognitive behavioral and mindfulness meditation interventions on adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis for patients with and without history of recurrent depressionAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:408-21. 2008....- Emotions, personality, and health: introduction to the special issueAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, P O Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Pers 72:1097-104. 2004..Collectively, these articles show ways that emotion research may be integrated with personality theory to inform us about the psychological dimensions of health and illness... - Immune activation and depression in women with rheumatoid arthritisAlex J Zautra
Department of Rheumatology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
J Rheumatol 31:457-63. 2004..We examined markers of immune activation during periods of stress and depressive symptoms in 45 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison to 106 controls with no autoimmune disease... - Depression and reactivity to stress in older women with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritisA J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287 1104, USA
Psychosom Med 63:687-96. 2001..The purpose of this study was to examine the role of depressive symptoms in reactivity to stress and pain in older women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA)... - Examinations of chronic pain and affect relationships: applications of a dynamic model of affectA Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287 1104, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 69:786-95. 2001..Also, for arthritis participants with greater mood clarity, there was less overlap in ratings of negative and positive affective states... - Impact of controlled-release oxycodone on efficacy beliefs and coping efforts among osteoarthritis patients with moderate to severe painAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
Clin J Pain 21:471-7. 2005..This study examines the impact of controlled-release oxycodone (OxyContin) on cognitive-behavioral indicators of efficacy beliefs and coping efforts in patients with osteoarthritis who experience persistent pain... - The effects of slow breathing on affective responses to pain stimuli: an experimental studyAlex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Pain 149:12-8. 2010..However, chronic pain patients may require more guidance to obtain therapeutic benefit from reduced breathing rates... - Vulnerability and resilience in women with arthritis: test of a two-factor modelBruce W Smith
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:799-810. 2008..Finally, the Vulnerability factor interacted with pain to predict more future negative affect. The main implication is that both Vulnerability and Resilience should be considered in theory, research, and interventions... - Health goal cognition and adjustment in women with fibromyalgiaNancy A Hamilton
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
J Behav Med 28:455-66. 2005..Differences between groups are discussed in the context of proposed relations between goals and environmental support... - The role of positive and negative interpersonal events on daily fatigue in women with fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritisBrendt P Parrish
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
Health Psychol 27:694-702. 2008..The current study tested whether daily interpersonal events predicted fatigue from one day to the next among female chronic pain patients... - The role of purpose in life in recovery from knee surgeryBruce W Smith
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Int J Behav Med 11:197-202. 2004..The results suggest that PIL may be an important positive personal characteristic and target for interventions... - The effects of anxiety and depression on weekly pain in women with arthritisBruce W Smith
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM 87131 1161, USA
Pain 138:354-61. 2008..These results highlight the need for careful study of the differential effects of anxiety and depression and treatments that target their unique mechanisms... - Individual differences in emotional processing and reactivity to pain among older women with rheumatoid arthritisNancy A Hamilton
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Clin J Pain 23:165-72. 2007..The current study suggests that the emotional impact of pain is related to emotional intensity which can be tempered by the ability to regulate emotion... - Are reports of childhood abuse related to the experience of chronic pain in adulthood? A meta-analytic review of the literatureDebra A Davis
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
Clin J Pain 21:398-405. 2005..Recent empirical evidence suggests that childhood abuse may be related to the experience of chronic pain in adulthood. To date, a systematic quantitative review of the literature has not been presented... - The role of personality in exposure and reactivity to interpersonal stress in relation to arthritis disease activity and negative affect in womenBruce W Smith
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA
Health Psychol 21:81-8. 2002..There were no significant differences in the effects... - Daily affect relations in fibromyalgia patients reveal positive affective disturbancePatrick H Finan
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S McAllister, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
Psychosom Med 71:474-82. 2009.... - Oscillations in daily pain prediction accuracyPatrick H Finan
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci 14:27-46. 2010..The current analyses highlight the need to account for change in data through dynamical modeling, which cannot be fully observed through traditional statistical techniques... - Community gardening: a parsimonious path to individual, community, and environmental resilienceHeather A Okvat
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287 1104, USA
Am J Community Psychol 47:374-87. 2011..We discuss the potential contribution of an extensive network of community gardens to easing the global climate change crisis and address the role of community psychologists in community gardening research and policy-oriented action... - Genetic influences on the dynamics of pain and affect in fibromyalgiaPatrick H Finan
Arizona State University, Dept of Psychology, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
Health Psychol 29:134-42. 2010..The purpose of the present investigation was to determine if variation in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) and mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) genes is associated with pain-related positive affective regulation in fibromyalgia (FM)... - Resilience: a new paradigm for adaptation to chronic painJohn A Sturgeon
Psychology Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287 1104, USA
Curr Pain Headache Rep 14:105-12. 2010..This paper offers resilience as an integrative perspective that can illuminate the traits and mechanisms underlying the sustainability of a good life and recovery from distress for individuals with chronic pain... - Chronic pain, stress, and the dynamics of affective differentiationMary C Davis
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Pers 72:1133-59. 2004.... - Chronic stress and regulation of cellular markers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis: implications for fatigueMary C Davis
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, P O Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
Brain Behav Immun 22:24-32. 2008..The association between these markers of inflammation and fatigue was also tested... - Uncertainty of illness relationships with mental health and coping processes in fibromyalgia patientsJohn W Reich
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 1104, USA
J Behav Med 29:307-16. 2006..Implications of these results for therapeutic interventions are discussed... - The role of illness uncertainty on coping with fibromyalgia symptomsLisa M Johnson
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Health Psychol 25:696-703. 2006..Results were consistent with hypothesized effects. Illness uncertainty accompanied by episodic pain negatively influenced coping efficacy, an important resource in adaptation to FM... - Daily interpersonal events in pain patients: applying action theory to chronic illnessMary C Davis
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Clin Psychol 62:1097-113. 2006.... - Pain acceptance moderates the relation between pain and negative affect in female osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia patientsAnna L Kratz
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Ann Behav Med 33:291-301. 2007..Pain acceptance is emerging as a promising complement to control-based pain management strategies and a likely approach to maintaining quality of life for chronic pain patients... - Coping self-efficacy as a mediator between catastrophizing and physical functioning: treatment target selection in an osteoarthritis samplePatrick E McKnight
Department of Psychology, George Mason University, MSN 3F5, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 4400, USA
J Behav Med 33:239-49. 2010..Treatments targeting both self-efficacy and catastrophizing may have greater impact on physical functioning compared to treatments that focus on only one... - Older adults' recovery from surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee: psychosocial resources and constraints as predictors of outcomesMary Ann Parris Stephens
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Ohio 44242 0001, USA
Health Psychol 21:377-83. 2002..The constraints patients encountered early in recovery were strong predictors of poor recovery. Although resources were associated with some improvement, these effects were largely accounted for by constraints... - Comment on "stress-vulnerability factors as long-term predictors of disease activity in early rheumatoid arthritis"Alex J Zautra
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA
J Psychosom Res 55:303-4. 2003 - Fibromyalgia and fatigue: central processing, widespread dysfunctionPatrick H Finan
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 7001 Williams Field Road, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
PM R 2:431-7. 2010..Finally, pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for FM are highlighted, with an emphasis on the efficacy of these treatments in alleviating pain and fatigue symptoms... - Impact of two types of expectancy on recovery from total knee replacement surgery (TKR) in adults with osteoarthritisConnie Engel
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
Behav Med 30:113-23. 2004..These results point to the importance of psychosocial variables in recovery of function and reduced symptoms after knee surgery... - Positive affect as a factor of resilience in the pain-negative affect relationship in patients with rheumatoid arthritisElin B Strand
Department of Behavioural Sciences and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Science, University of Oslo, POB 1111 Blindern, N 0317 Oslo, Norway
J Psychosom Res 60:477-84. 2006..The purpose of this study is to examine positive affect (PA) as a factor of resilience in the relationships between pain and negative affect (NA) in a sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis... - Coping with rheumatoid arthritis pain in daily life: within-person analyses reveal hidden vulnerability for the formerly depressedTamlin S Conner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue MC 6325, Farmington, CT 06030 6325, USA
Pain 126:198-209. 2006..Patterns suggest that formerly depressed individuals exhibit a hidden vulnerability in how they manage chronic pain. This vulnerability is best revealed by a daily process approach... - Interpersonal workplace stressors and well-being: a multi-wave study of employees with and without arthritisPhillip T Potter
Air Combat Command Headquarters, U S Air Force, USA
J Appl Psychol 87:789-96. 2002..The data support the hypothesis that the psychosocial environment of the workplace contributes unique effects on well-being... - Rheumatoid arthritis patients' perceptions of mutuality in conversations with spouses/partners and their links with psychological and physical healthShelley Kasle
Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724 5093, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:921-8. 2008....
Research Grants
- Adaptation To Pain And Stress In FibromyalgiaAlex Zautra; Fiscal Year: 2005..3. The examination of those factors predictive of the onset of widespread pain among the OA sample that displayed only regional pain at the initial assessment. ..
- STRESS AND ADAPTATION TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISAlex Zautra; Fiscal Year: 2004..Successful treatment is expected to alter stress responses, leading to better physical and mental health over time. ..
- Resilience and Health in Communities and Individuals.Alex Zautra; Fiscal Year: 2007..For those mid-aged adults with children, the outcome measures will also be assessed in one their children approaching adult life (aged 16 to 24 years; N = 160) to probe the transmission of resilience across generations. ..
- Resilience and Health in Communities and Individuals.Alex Zautra; Fiscal Year: 2009..For those mid-aged adults with children, the outcome measures will also be assessed in one their children approaching adult life (aged 16 to 24 years; N = 160) to probe the transmission of resilience across generations. ..