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2. The perception, understanding and experience of flourishing in young people living with chronic pain: A Q-methodology study.

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Parsons, Ryan D, McParland, Joanna L, Halligan, Sarah L, Goubert, Liesbet, and Jordan, Abbie

Subjects
*CHRONIC pain & psychology, *ATTITUDES toward illness, *STRESS management, *RESEARCH funding, *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *POSTTRAUMATIC growth, *PARENT attitudes, *CLINICAL health psychology, *PAIN management, *PATIENTS' attitudes, *WELL-being, *ADOLESCENCE, *ADULTS
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Much research has adopted a deficits-based approach to chronic pain, neglecting the study of flourishing. Using a Q-methodological framework, this study sought to explore how individuals experience, understand and perceive flourishing in the context of young people living with chronic pain. Fifty-four individuals completed a Q-sorting task, indicating their level of agreement and disagreement with 52 statements. Q-analysis generated three factors that represented clear viewpoints of participants: 'Pain is not a barrier to flourishing', 'Adapting to a new life' and 'Adopting a positive perspective'. Factors expressed the viewpoints that flexibility is key to enjoying life despite chronic pain, while resilience, management of stressors, acceptance and problem-solving may be required to flourish with chronic pain. Participants' understanding of flourishing also focused on the appreciation and enjoyment of life and achievements. This study provides a useful contribution towards furthering our understanding of flourishing in young people living with chronic pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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3. Looking on the bright side: The relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes among adolescents living with chronic pain.

Author

Parsons, Ryan D, McParland, Joanna L, Halligan, Sarah L, Goubert, Liesbet, Noel, Melanie, and Jordan, Abbie

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*COMPETENCY assessment (Law), *MENTAL depression risk factors, *CHRONIC pain & psychology, *PAIN measurement, *SELF-evaluation, *STATISTICAL correlation, *BEHAVIOR disorders, *SOCIAL disabilities, *RISK assessment, *POSTTRAUMATIC growth, *ANXIETY, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *MENTAL depression, *REGRESSION analysis, *WELL-being, *DISEASE risk factors, *ADOLESCENCE
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A deficits-based approach to adolescent chronic pain currently dominates the literature, to the exclusion of positive approaches, such as flourishing. Addressing this knowledge gap, this study examined the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescent chronic pain. Seventy-nine adolescents aged 11–24 years were asked to complete self-report measures of three domains of flourishing and four pain-related outcomes. Correlation coefficients and four hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted, controlling for age and gender. Flourishing mental health was associated with, and significantly contributed to explaining, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and social and family functioning impairment. Benefit finding and posttraumatic growth were each associated with social and family functioning impairment, while posttraumatic growth was also associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Additionally, benefit finding significantly contributed to explaining pain intensity. Study findings underscore the importance of assessing the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescents with chronic pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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4. An exploration of attributions, just world beliefs and adjustment in adult pain sufferers

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McParland, Joanna L.

Subjects
152.1824, Pain measurement, Pain Psychological aspects, Pain management
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The present study examined the nature of and relationship between attributions, just world beliefs (JWB) and adjustment in a sample of 62 community pain sufferers. This was exploratory because it accounted for shortcomings of these concepts, meaning they have not been investigated like this in pain. Specifically, it accounted for the scarcity of research distinguishing between cause, responsibility and blame; allowing the self-definition of responsibility, blame and adjustment; examining changes in attributions and adjustment, and considering just world beliefs. The importance of investigating these issues in pain was detailed. The research was conducted in two phases. The first, brief phase piloted a measure to account for these shortcomings. The second phase used the piloted measure to investigate the shortcomings in a series of five aims. Descriptive analyses indicated that most participants made causal attributions for their pain, with around half attributing responsibility and blame. Although similar in the types of attributions made, cause was distinguished from responsibility and blame, which were indistinguishable from each other. Attributions did not change. Additionally, JWB were weakly correlated with pain intensity, and analyses of variance techniques found JWB to interact with pain duration, such that those with 1 month-2.5 years' duration had stronger JWB than those in the 3-9 years' duration. JWB did not interact with attributions or adjustment, but chi-square analyses found attributions interacted with adjustment, such that attributions to the self were adaptive, while attributions to others resulted in poor adjustment to pain. Stepwise multiple regression analyses suggested that these latter attributions predicted pain intensity, as did pain treatments. Additionally, individual differences in attributions, adjustment and pain intensity emerged in chi-square analyses, although none were found on JWB. Full interpretations were made of these findings, and their implications for future research discussed.

Published
2004

17. The role of perceived organisational justice in the experience of pain among male and female employees.

Author

McParland, Joanna L, Gasteen, Anne, and Steultjens, Martijn

Subjects
*EMPLOYEE attitudes, *SOCIAL justice, *REGRESSION analysis, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *JOB satisfaction, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *CORPORATE culture, *PAIN management, *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
Abstract

This study examined the association of organisational justice with pain among employees of a large organisation. Employees (n = 1829) completed measures of pain, fair pay, organisational justice, job satisfaction and stress. Logistic regression analyses found that organisational justice was unrelated to pain among women, but men with higher perceptions of fair pay were more likely to report chronic pain as were men with lower perceptions of distributive justice. This is the first study indicating that fair pay and distributive justice are both unique predictors of chronic pain in men. The findings have implications for supporting employees with chronic pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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19. Parenting an adolescent with complex regional pain syndrome: A dyadic qualitative investigation of resilience.

Author

Cox, Danielle, McParland, Joanna L., and Jordan, Abbie

Subjects
*COMPLEX regional pain syndromes, *SINGLE parents, *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
Abstract

Objectives: Adolescent chronic pain exists within a social context, affecting the lives of adolescents, parents, peers, and wider family members. Typically, parental research has focussed on the negative impact on parents associated with parenting an adolescent with chronic pain. However, a small number of studies have identified positive parental outcomes and functioning, with a focus on parental resilience. This study sought to extend existing knowledge by providing a detailed and contextualized understanding of how parental dyads experience and demonstrate resilience in response to parenting an adolescent with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and the meaning that parents ascribe to these shared experiences. Design: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to conduct an in‐depth qualitative interview study of parents of an adolescent with CRPS. Methods: Semi‐structured interviews were conducted via Skype with eight mother–father parental dyads of an adolescent aged 11–25 years with CRPS. Results: A single prominent theme 'masking reality in the face of pain' dominated the parental discourse and experience of resilience. Resilience was experienced as an incongruence between private distress and the perceived obligation to display socially desirable resilience behaviours to protect their child from their own distress. Conclusions: Study findings highlight the benefits of strength‐based interventions to enhance parental resilience. This is particularly important since parental behaviours have been shown to influence child pain outcomes. Future research should seek to explore resilience in different populations such as lone parents, siblings, and those parenting an adolescent with pain conditions other than CRPS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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25. What are the ‘active ingredients’ of interventions targeting the public's engagement with antimicrobial resistance and how might they work?

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McParland, Joanna L., Williams, Lynn, Gozdzielewska, Lucyna, Young, Mairi, Smith, Fraser, MacDonald, Jennifer, Langdridge, Darren, Davis, Mark, Price, Lesley, Flowers, Paul, McParland, Joanna L., Williams, Lynn, Gozdzielewska, Lucyna, Young, Mairi, Smith, Fraser, MacDonald, Jennifer, Langdridge, Darren, Davis, Mark, Price, Lesley, and Flowers, Paul

Abstract

Objectives. Changing public awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a global public health priority. A systematic review of interventions that targeted public AMR awareness and associated behaviour was previously conducted. Here, we focus on identifying the active content of these interventions and explore potential mechanisms of action. Methods. The project took a novel approach to intervention mapping utilizing the following steps: (1) an exploration of explicit and tacit theory and theoretical constructs within the interventions using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDFv2), (2) retrospective coding of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) using the BCT Taxonomy v1, and (3) an investigation of coherent links between the TDF domains and BCTs across the interventions. Results. Of 20 studies included, only four reported an explicit theoretical basis to their intervention. However, TDF analysis revealed that nine of the 14 TDF domains were utilized, most commonly ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Environmental context and resources’. The BCT analysis showed that all interventions contained at least one BCT, and 14 of 93 (15%) BCTs were coded, most commonly ‘Information about health consequences’, ‘Credible source’, and ‘Instruction on how to perform the behaviour’. Conclusions. We identified nine relevant TDF domains and 14 BCTs used in these interventions. Only 15% of BCTs have been applied in AMR interventions thus providing a clear opportunity for the development of novel interventions in this context. This methodological approach provides a useful way of retrospectively mapping theoretical constructs and BCTs when reviewing studies that provide limited information on theory and intervention content.

26. What are the ‘active ingredients’ of interventions targeting the public's engagement with antimicrobial resistance and how might they work?

Author

McParland, Joanna L., Williams, Lynn, Gozdzielewska, Lucyna, Young, Mairi, Smith, Fraser, MacDonald, Jennifer, Langdridge, Darren, Davis, Mark, Price, Lesley, Flowers, Paul, McParland, Joanna L., Williams, Lynn, Gozdzielewska, Lucyna, Young, Mairi, Smith, Fraser, MacDonald, Jennifer, Langdridge, Darren, Davis, Mark, Price, Lesley, and Flowers, Paul

Abstract

Objectives. Changing public awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a global public health priority. A systematic review of interventions that targeted public AMR awareness and associated behaviour was previously conducted. Here, we focus on identifying the active content of these interventions and explore potential mechanisms of action. Methods. The project took a novel approach to intervention mapping utilizing the following steps: (1) an exploration of explicit and tacit theory and theoretical constructs within the interventions using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDFv2), (2) retrospective coding of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) using the BCT Taxonomy v1, and (3) an investigation of coherent links between the TDF domains and BCTs across the interventions. Results. Of 20 studies included, only four reported an explicit theoretical basis to their intervention. However, TDF analysis revealed that nine of the 14 TDF domains were utilized, most commonly ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Environmental context and resources’. The BCT analysis showed that all interventions contained at least one BCT, and 14 of 93 (15%) BCTs were coded, most commonly ‘Information about health consequences’, ‘Credible source’, and ‘Instruction on how to perform the behaviour’. Conclusions. We identified nine relevant TDF domains and 14 BCTs used in these interventions. Only 15% of BCTs have been applied in AMR interventions thus providing a clear opportunity for the development of novel interventions in this context. This methodological approach provides a useful way of retrospectively mapping theoretical constructs and BCTs when reviewing studies that provide limited information on theory and intervention content.

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