Las características personales en la experiencia de dolor y en proceso de afrontamiento

Carmen Ramírez Maestre

doi:10.24310/espsiescpsi.vi6.13410

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Carmen Ramírez Maestre Universidad de Málaga España

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https://doi.org/10.24310/espsiescpsi.vi6.13410

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Personalidad, sexo, edad, dolor crónico, afrontamiento

Resumen

Se trata de un trabajo de revisión acerca de cómo una serie de determinantes estables afectan a la experiencia de dolor y a las respuestas del sujeto al mismo. En concreto, se repasa lo que la literatura teórica y empírica dice acerca de cómo las características personales del sujeto con dolor crónico (sexo, edad y variables de personalidad como el neuroticismo, la extraversión y el optimismo disposicional) pueden determinar tanto la percepción de dolor como las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas, ejerciendo así un efecto diferencial en la adaptación del sujeto a la situación de dolor crónico. El número de estudios de este tipo con pacientes de dolor crónico es muy escaso. Sin embargo, se contemplan también algunas publicaciones acerca de la influencia de dichas características personales en el ámbito del estrés y del dolor experimental y agudo.

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