Generalized anxiety syndrome

Aim and This study aimed to determine the fitness of emotion regulation and personality- cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder to explain perception of pain in patients with chronic pain. This study was conducted in the context of a correlation research (the type of structural equation). The study statistical society consisted of all chronic pain patients with generalized anxiety disorder syndrome, who were referred to specialist pain clinics in Rasht city. Among those a sample of 210 individuals were selected by available sampling method and completed questionnaires about perception of pain alexithymia, emotion dysregulation, emotional expressivity, meta- mood, affect control, rumination, worry and neurosis. Data were analyzed by using descriptive measures of mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s correlation coefficient and structural equation model. Findings: Results showed that emotion regulation has a direct effect on pain(P According to results, emotion and cognition variables can explain the perception of pain in patients with chronic pain.