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Another winner of a paper (sarcastic tone)
Behav Cogn Psychother. 2017 Jan 18:1-14. doi: 10.1017/S1352465816000631. [Epub ahead of print]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Cognitive, Behavioural and Emotional Processing Vulnerability Factors.
Brooks SK1, Chalder T1, Rimes KA2.
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BACKGROUND:
Cognitive-behavioural models of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) suggest that personality factors such as perfectionism and high moral standards may contribute to the development of CFS.
AIMS:
To investigate cognitive, behavioural and emotional processing risk factors for CFS.
METHOD:
CFS patients (n = 67) at a UK specialist clinic completed questionnaires about psychological characteristics both currently and retrospectively (6 months pre-CFS onset). Responses were compared with those of healthy individuals (n = 73) who rated their current characteristics. Forty-four relatives retrospectively rated the pre-morbid psychological characteristics of the CFS participants.
RESULTS:
CFS patients showed similar levels of current perfectionism to controls, though higher pre-morbid perfectionism. CFS patients showed greater self-sacrificial beliefs and more unhelpful beliefs about experiencing and expressing negative emotions, both currently but more markedly prior to onset. In the 6 months pre-illness onset, CFS patients showed more disruption to their primary goal and greater general stress than controls. Ratings of pre-morbid psychological characteristics by relatives were consistent with patients' self-reports. The extent of overinvestment in one goal was significantly associated with fatigue.
CONCLUSIONS:
Perfectionism, self-sacrificial tendencies, unhelpful beliefs about emotions, and perceived stress may be present to a greater extent pre-morbidly in CFS patients compared with healthy individuals.
KEYWORDS:
Chronic fatigue; beliefs; goals; perfectionism; predictors
Another winner of a paper (sarcastic tone)
Behav Cogn Psychother. 2017 Jan 18:1-14. doi: 10.1017/S1352465816000631. [Epub ahead of print]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Cognitive, Behavioural and Emotional Processing Vulnerability Factors.
Brooks SK1, Chalder T1, Rimes KA2.
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- 1Department of Psychological Medicine,King's College London,Institute of Psychiatry,Weston Education Centre,Cutcombe Road,London SE5 9RJ.
- 2King's College London,Institute of Psychiatry,Psychology and Neuroscience,Department of Psychology,Henry Wellcome Building,De Crespigny Park,London SE5 8AF.
BACKGROUND:
Cognitive-behavioural models of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) suggest that personality factors such as perfectionism and high moral standards may contribute to the development of CFS.
AIMS:
To investigate cognitive, behavioural and emotional processing risk factors for CFS.
METHOD:
CFS patients (n = 67) at a UK specialist clinic completed questionnaires about psychological characteristics both currently and retrospectively (6 months pre-CFS onset). Responses were compared with those of healthy individuals (n = 73) who rated their current characteristics. Forty-four relatives retrospectively rated the pre-morbid psychological characteristics of the CFS participants.
RESULTS:
CFS patients showed similar levels of current perfectionism to controls, though higher pre-morbid perfectionism. CFS patients showed greater self-sacrificial beliefs and more unhelpful beliefs about experiencing and expressing negative emotions, both currently but more markedly prior to onset. In the 6 months pre-illness onset, CFS patients showed more disruption to their primary goal and greater general stress than controls. Ratings of pre-morbid psychological characteristics by relatives were consistent with patients' self-reports. The extent of overinvestment in one goal was significantly associated with fatigue.
CONCLUSIONS:
Perfectionism, self-sacrificial tendencies, unhelpful beliefs about emotions, and perceived stress may be present to a greater extent pre-morbidly in CFS patients compared with healthy individuals.
KEYWORDS:
Chronic fatigue; beliefs; goals; perfectionism; predictors