Table 7.
Psychological and sociodemographic factors accounting for various domains of psychosocial functioning—summary
| Distress in interpersonal context | Limitations in everyday functioning | Acceptance of life with the disease | Depressive complaints | Sense of being disabled | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive appraisals of the disease | Obstacle ↑ | Obstacle ↑ | Obstacle ↓ | Obstacle ↑ | Obstacle ↑ |
| Harm ↑ | Threat ↑ | Challenge ↑ | Profit ↑ | Harm ↑ | |
| Importance ↑ | Importance ↑ | ||||
| Social support | Deprivation of support ↑ | – | – | – | Deprivation of support ↑ |
| Coping styles | Avoidance coping ↑ | Avoidance coping ↑ | Problem focused coping ↑ | Avoidance coping ↑ | – |
| Personality traits | Agreeableness ↓ | – | Conscientiousness ↑ | – | – |
| Sociodemographic variables | – | – | – | – | Age↑ |
| Education level ↓ | |||||
| Pain severity | – | Pain ↑ (trend) | – | – | – |
↑ Indicates an increase in the independent variable is accompanied by an increase in the dependent variable
↓ Indicates an increase in the independent variable is accompanied by a decrease in the dependent variable