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A Personal Projects Analysis: Examining Adaptation to Low Back Pain

Kerryellen Vroman

University of New Hampshire, USA, kgn3{at}unh.edu

Kerry Chamberlain

Massey University, New Zealand

Rebecca Warner

University of New Hampshire, USA

Personal Projects Analysis (PPA) offers an alternative approach to studying adaptation to illnesses. This study investigated adaptation to low back pain using PPA to examine the relationship between participants' perceptions of pain, and their functioning and well-being. Participants appraised their five most important projects on 26 dimensions, such as project value, success and difficulty. Factor analyses of the project ratings yielded five dispositions (Integrity, Personal Agency, Social Visibility, Pain Salience and Stressfulness). In regression analysis all five dispositions significantly predicted Physical and Social Function, Disruption of Roles, and Well-being. `Pain Salience' was the strongest predictor of functional outcomes, and `Stressfulness' was the best predictor of well-being.

Key Words: adaptation • function • low back pain • Personal Projects Analysis • well-being

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 5, 696-706 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309104916
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