期刊名称：The International Journal of Indian Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2349-3429
电子版ISSN：2348-5396
出版年度：2015
期号：21
页码：7
语种：English
出版社：REDSHINE Publication
摘要：Objectives: The main goal of the study was to investigating the relation between perceived
social supports with severity of chronic pain in fire fighters of Tehran city.
Method: this was a descriptive and correlational study. Accordingly, 400 fire fighters were
selected through cluster random sampling. All subjects filled chronic pain questionnaire and
multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS). Data was analyzed through
Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression.
Results: results showed that there is significant and negative relationship (p<0/0001) between
severity of chronic pain with perceived social support and its' aspects (supports from family,
friends and important persons).
Conclusion: findings of this study again demonstrated the important role of socio-psychological
factors in predicting severity of chronic pain.
