Topical Review: Basic Psychological Needs in Adolescents with Chronic Pain—A Self-Determination Perspective

This topical review outlines the resilience pathway to adaptive functioning in pediatric pain within a developmental perspective. Self-Determination Theory proposes that the satisfaction of one’s basic psychological needs (for autonomy, relatedness, and competence) is crucial for understanding human...

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Main Authors: Annina Riggenbach, Liesbet Goubert, Stijn Van Petegem, Rémy Amouroux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8629581
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description This topical review outlines the resilience pathway to adaptive functioning in pediatric pain within a developmental perspective. Self-Determination Theory proposes that the satisfaction of one’s basic psychological needs (for autonomy, relatedness, and competence) is crucial for understanding human flourishing and healthy development. However, the role of the basic psychological needs received little attention in a pediatric-pain population. Yet, we propose that need satisfaction may be a resilience factor and need frustration a risk factor, for living with chronic pain. In this topical review, we first discuss two major models that have been developed to understand pain-related disability: the fear-avoidance model of pain and the ecological resilience-risk model in pediatric chronic pain. Both models have been used with children and adolescents but do not include a developmental perspective. Therefore, we introduce Self-Determination Theory and highlight the potentially moderating and mediating role of the basic needs on pain-related disability in children and adolescents. Taken together, we believe that Self-Determination Theory is compatible with the fear-avoidance model of pain and the ecological resilience-risk model in pediatric chronic pain and may deepen our understanding of why some adolescents are able to live adaptively in spite of chronic pain.
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spelling doaj-art-3c7e1f90d14c4cc19cd9c100d6831f402025-02-03T01:22:03ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67651918-15232019-01-01201910.1155/2019/86295818629581Topical Review: Basic Psychological Needs in Adolescents with Chronic Pain—A Self-Determination PerspectiveAnnina Riggenbach0Liesbet Goubert1Stijn Van Petegem2Rémy Amouroux3Family and Development Research Center, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent Health Psychology Lab, Ghent University, BelgiumFamily and Development Research Center, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandFamily and Development Research Center, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandThis topical review outlines the resilience pathway to adaptive functioning in pediatric pain within a developmental perspective. Self-Determination Theory proposes that the satisfaction of one’s basic psychological needs (for autonomy, relatedness, and competence) is crucial for understanding human flourishing and healthy development. However, the role of the basic psychological needs received little attention in a pediatric-pain population. Yet, we propose that need satisfaction may be a resilience factor and need frustration a risk factor, for living with chronic pain. In this topical review, we first discuss two major models that have been developed to understand pain-related disability: the fear-avoidance model of pain and the ecological resilience-risk model in pediatric chronic pain. Both models have been used with children and adolescents but do not include a developmental perspective. Therefore, we introduce Self-Determination Theory and highlight the potentially moderating and mediating role of the basic needs on pain-related disability in children and adolescents. Taken together, we believe that Self-Determination Theory is compatible with the fear-avoidance model of pain and the ecological resilience-risk model in pediatric chronic pain and may deepen our understanding of why some adolescents are able to live adaptively in spite of chronic pain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8629581
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