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Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 4). 537-542




Personalidad y afrontamiento en dolor crónico neuropático: un divorcio previsible

José F. Soriano Pastor, Vicente Monsalve Dolz*, Elena Ibáñez Guerra y Patricia Gómez Carretero*

Universidad de Valencia y * Consorcio Hospital General Universitario Valencia

Se aborda la problemática referida a las relaciones existentes entre las dimensiones de personalidad y el empleo de las estrategias de afrontamiento en enfermos con dolor crónico. El modelo teórico más empleado en el ámbito del estrés y su relación con el dolor es el modelo transaccional, considerando que la inclusión de rasgos de personalidad mejoraría las predicciones mediante el afrontamiento en el proceso del estrés. Siguiendo el modelo de los cinco grandes se establecen las relaciones existentes entre las dimensiones de personalidad y las estrategias de afrontamiento en enfermos con dolor crónico de tipo neuropático. Los resultados arrojan relaciones débiles entre dichas dimensiones y el afrontamiento. Se obtiene un perfil de personalidad vulnerable en enfermos con dolor crónico neuropático consistente en alto neuroticismo, baja extraversión, apertura y responsabilidad y moderada amabilidad.

Personality and coping in neuropathic chronic pain: A predictable divorce. We approach the problem about relationships between personality dimensions and the use of coping strategies in chronic pain patients. The most frequently used theoretical model in the area of stress and its relation to pain is the transactional model, taking into account that the incorporation of personality traits improves predictions via coping in the stress process. Following the Big Five model, the relationships between personality and coping strategies in patients with chronical neuropathic pain were established. The results showed slight relationships between the Big-Five dimensions and coping. A vulnerable personality profile in patients with chronic neuropathic pain was obtained, consisting of high neuroticism, low extraversion, openness to experience and responsibility, and moderate agreeableness.

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