title: Need satisfaction and catastrophizing: explaining the relationship among emotional ambivalence, pain, and depressive symptoms.
abstract: Recent literature has revealed the associations among ambivalence over emotional expression (AEE), pain, and depressive symptoms. However, few studies have examined factors explaining these associations. The goal of the study is to examine the potential mediating role of basic needs and pain catastrophizing. In an ethnically diverse undergraduate sample (N = 255), we found that AEE was positively associated with both depressive symptoms and pain. Catastrophizing fully mediated the association between AEE and pain, while catastrophizing and unfulfilled needs partially mediated the association between AEE and depression. Findings suggest that need satisfaction and catastrophizing are important factors in understanding AEE and its health implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, 126 Heyne Building, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA. qlu3@uh.edu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Teo
mesh_terms: D058443:Catastrophization / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult