Catastrophizing is associated with negative outcomes in chronic pain and illness. The Communal Coping Model (CCM) and cognitive-behavioral (CB) formulations provide differing accounts of the function of catastrophizing in these contexts. The present study examined predictions from CCM and CB theoretical models in a sample of 116 patients with chronic fatigue to test: (1) whether patient-reported solicitous responses from significant others mediate the relationship of catastrophizing with patient-reported pain and fatigue behaviors, as predicted by the CCM, and (2) whether pain and fatigue behaviors mediate the relationship of catastrophizing with solicitous responses, consistent with a CB model.
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