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Relationship between Pain, Somatisation, and Emotional Awareness in Primary School Children

M Rossi1, G Bruno1, M Chiusalupi1

  • 1Aplysia Onlus, GIFT Institute of Integrative Medicine, Pisa, Italy.

Pain Research and Treatment
|December 13, 2018
PubMed

Insights

Children with poor emotional awareness (EA) experience more somatisation and pain, particularly headaches and back pain. Low EA predicts general pain severity but not abdominal pain in children.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Pediatrics
  • Health Psychology

Background:

  • Poor emotional awareness (EA) is linked to functional somatic complaints and somatisation.
  • Understanding this relationship in children is crucial for early intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the links between pain, somatisation, and emotional awareness in children.
  • To explore how emotional awareness influences the prevalence and intensity of different pain types.

Main Methods:

  • A nonclinical sample of 445 children aged 6-10 participated.
  • Pain was assessed using the Children's Somatisation Inventory (CSI).
  • Emotional awareness was measured using the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale-Children (LEAS-C).

Main Results:

  • 84.07% of children reported pain in at least one site.
  • Low LEAS-Self scores correlated with higher prevalence of headache.
  • Lower emotional awareness predicted increased back pain intensity and general pain severity, but not abdominal pain.

Conclusions:

  • Low emotional awareness is a significant predictor of somatisation and pain in children.
  • Targeting emotional awareness may help manage functional somatic complaints and pain in pediatric populations.
  • Further research is needed to understand the specific mechanisms linking EA to different pain types.

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