The Prediction of Psychological Capital Based on Mental Health, and Pain Metaphorical Perception in Musculoskeletal Patients

Mahmood Noroozi, Atefeh; Lashgari, Azadeh; Hosseinpour, Roya

doi:10.48311/ijmpp.2025.110571.0

The Prediction of Psychological Capital Based on Mental Health, and Pain Metaphorical Perception in Musculoskeletal Patients

Document Type : Descriptive & Survey

Authors

Atefeh Mahmood Noroozi ¹

Azadeh Lashgari ²

Roya Hosseinpour ³

¹ Marlik Institute of Higher Education, Nowshahr, Iran

² Islamic Azad University-Rodehen branch. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.

³ Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

10.48311/ijmpp.2025.110571.0

Abstract

Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mental health and pain metaphorical perception with psychological capital in musculoskeletal patients.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all musculoskeletal patients in Tehran in the first quarter of 2025. 250 were selected via the at-reach and candidate methods. The participants completed the questionnaires of Pain Metaphorical Perception (2023), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007), and the Iranian Version of 12-Item General Health Questionnaire (2013).
The data were analyzed by SPSS-25.
Findings: The results indicated that the correlation coefficient of psychological capital with pain metaphorical perception was significant (r=0.42) (P=0.01). The relationship between mental health and psychological capital was negative and meaningful (r=-0.52) (P=0.01). Moreover, 8.9% of the psychological capital variance is explained by pain metaphorical perception, and 6.3% is explained by mental health.
Conclusion: It seems psychological factors are related to pain perception and its metaphorical explanation. Researchers are advised to pay attention to linguistic-cognitive factors in addition to psychological factors in relation to musculoskeletal patients in future studies.

Keywords

Psychological Wellbeing

Pain metaphorical perception

Psychological Capital

Musculoskeletal patients

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