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The Associations Between Pain-Related Beliefs, Pain Intensity, and Patient Functioning: Hypnotizability as a Moderator
This study investigated the moderating effect of hypnotizability on the association between pain-related beliefs and the intensity and impact of pain in individuals with chronic pain. The findings suggested that individuals with higher levels of hypnotizability showed a stronger negative association between pain control beliefs and pain interference. This suggests that those with higher hypnotizability may be more responsive to the positive effects of control beliefs. These findings could have implications for the treatment of chronic pain, potentially enabling better patient-treatment matching and enhancing treatment efficacy.