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This work was funded by the Health Research Fund (Fondo de Investigacion en Salud), grant number PI17/00858 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain), co-financed by the European Union through the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER).

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How to Promote Walking in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Look at Catastrophizing, Goal Conflict, and Avoidance from a Self-Emotional Regulatory Perspective

Publicated to:Ejihpe: European Journal Of Investigation In Health, Psychology And Education. 14 (8): 2126-2139 - 2024-08-01 14(8), DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe14080142

Authors: Ecija, Carmen; Gutierrez, Lorena; Catala, Patricia; Penacoba, Cecilia

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Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Dept Psychol, Avda Atenas S-N, Alcorcon 28922, Spain - Author

Abstract

The aim of this study was twofold: to explore the concordance between two measures of physical activity (accelerometer and IPAQ) among female fibromyalgia (FM) patients, as well as to examine the impact of psychosocial variables (catastrophism, activity avoidance) on walking among these patients. Helplessness, activity avoidance, and commitment to physical activity were evaluated in 132 FM women. After the first assessment, an accelerometer was placed by a psychologist on each participant for seven consecutive days. Eight days later, accelerometers were collected, and participants were evaluated again using the IPAQ. Two models were tested to analyze mediation and a moderated mediation effect. The mediating role of activity avoidance between helplessness and minutes walked was corroborated regarding the objective measure of walking. The effect of helplessness on minutes walked during a week was mediated by activity avoidance and assessed by accelerometers. Cognitive variables played a contextual role when trying to promote exercise. Activity avoidance must be understood as a key variable in physical activity promotion, specifically in the promotion of walking with the aim to do exercise in individuals with FM.

Keywords

Activity avoidancActivity avoidanceBehaviorCatastrophismChronic painDisabilitFear-avoidanceFibromyalgiaLow-backMetaanalysisOf-the-artPhysical-activityStateValidation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Ejihpe: European Journal Of Investigation In Health, Psychology And Education due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 39/180, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Psychology, Clinical.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-29:

  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-29:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 21 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Écija Gallardo, Mª Carmen) and Last Author (Peñacoba Puente, María Cecilia).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Peñacoba Puente, María Cecilia.