Children mimic how parents handle pain
It was found that parents' pain catastrophising scores predicted their adult children's results, irrespective of the level of actual pain experienced by the patients.
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Family behaviour can influence how children cope with pain.
Parents' pain behaviour is often associated with the way their children experience and express pain. Researchers in Croatia assessed 'pain catastrophising' - an exaggerated negative mental state in response to actual or anticipated pain. The study involved 285 participants, 100 patients, 85 spouses, and 100 adult children from 100 families.
It was found that parents' pain catastrophising scores predicted their adult children's results, irrespective of the level of actual pain experienced by the patients.
During childhood, parents serve as a role model for children. It is possible that children use social and communicative tools that they have observed in their parents to manage their own distress in a similar context.
The results show that there is a link between levels of pain catastrophising in parents and their adult children and those families develop a specific cognitive style for coping with pain.
Parents' pain behaviour is often associated with the way their children experience and express pain. Researchers in Croatia assessed 'pain catastrophising' - an exaggerated negative mental state in response to actual or anticipated pain. The study involved 285 participants, 100 patients, 85 spouses, and 100 adult children from 100 families.
It was found that parents' pain catastrophising scores predicted their adult children's results, irrespective of the level of actual pain experienced by the patients.
During childhood, parents serve as a role model for children. It is possible that children use social and communicative tools that they have observed in their parents to manage their own distress in a similar context.
The results show that there is a link between levels of pain catastrophising in parents and their adult children and those families develop a specific cognitive style for coping with pain.
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