TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluating the role of anxiety model in pain perception in chronic pain Patients with Generalized anxiety syndrome TT - مقایسه مدل های اضطراب در تبیین ادراک درد بیماران مبتلا به درد مزمن دارای نشانگان اضطراب فراگیر JF - jap JO - jap VL - 8 IS - 4 UR - http://jap.iums.ac.ir/article-1-5351-en.html Y1 - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 14 KW - Alexithymia KW - generalized anxiety KW - pain perception KW - emotional expressivity KW - emotion regulation KW - chronic pain KW - meta-mood KW - affect control KW - neuroticism KW - rumination KW - worry. N2 - Aim and Background: This study aimed to determine the fitness of emotion regulation and personality- cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder to explain perception of pain in patients with chronic pain. Materials and methods: This study was conducted in the context of a correlation research (the type of structural equation). The study statistical society consisted of all chronic pain patients with generalized anxiety disorder syndrome, who were referred to specialist pain clinics in Rasht city. Among those a sample of 210 individuals were selected by available sampling method and completed questionnaires about perception of pain alexithymia, emotion dysregulation, emotional expressivity, meta- mood, affect control, rumination, worry and neurosis. Data were analyzed by using descriptive measures of mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s correlation coefficient and structural equation model. Findings: Results showed that emotion regulation has a direct effect on pain(P<0/01).The expressivity, metamood, affect control and alexithymia have a direct effect on emotional regulation and indirect effect on pain perception( P<0/01).The results showed that neuroticism is associated with pain perception by mediated role of worry in people with pain disorder( P<0/01). Also, direct effect of neuroticism with worry and rumination was significant(P<0/01). Conclusion: According to results, emotion and cognition variables can explain the perception of pain in patients with chronic pain. M3 ER -