Boersma Katja, Flink Ida Katrina
Center for Health and Medical Psychology, School of Behavioral, Social and Legal Sciences, Örebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden.
Center for Health and Medical Psychology, School of Behavioral, Social and Legal Sciences, Örebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, 701 82, Örebro, Sweden; Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University, Universitetsgatan 2, 651 88, Karlstad, Sweden.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2025 Apr;62:102000. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102000. Epub 2025 Jan 31.
Pain and emotions are inherently connected, and this review presents contemporary findings on the pain-emotion connection. We address in what ways pain and emotions are related as well as how the link may be understood and targeted in treatment. Both pain and negative emotions are essential (and ancient) biological and motivational systems which share protective and regulatory functions. There is a marked co-occurrence between chronic pain and mental health conditions. One way to understand the pain-emotion connection, stressed by recent theoretical models, is that pain and emotions share cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that serve to downregulate these unpleasant inner states. Treatments targeting these shared regulatory mechanisms show promising results, but more research is needed on generalization, implementation and dissemination.
疼痛与情绪有着内在联系，本综述展示了关于疼痛 - 情绪联系的当代研究结果。我们探讨了疼痛与情绪在哪些方面相关，以及如何在治疗中理解和针对这种联系。疼痛和负面情绪都是重要的（且古老的）生物和动机系统，它们具有保护和调节功能。慢性疼痛与心理健康状况之间存在显著的共现现象。近期理论模型强调，理解疼痛 - 情绪联系的一种方式是，疼痛和情绪共享认知和行为机制，这些机制有助于下调这些不愉快的内在状态。针对这些共享调节机制的治疗显示出有前景的结果，但在推广、实施和传播方面还需要更多研究。
