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January 27, 2021
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The role of perfectionistic self-presentation in pediatric pain

Publicated to:International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 18 (2): 1-14 - 2021-01-02 18(2), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18020591

Authors: Sanchez-Rodriguez, Elisabet; Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra; Pathak, Anupa; Sole, Ester; Sharma, Saurab; Jensen, Mark P; Miro, Jordi

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Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili - Author
ISPA - Instituto Universitário - Author
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences - Author
Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Author
University of Otago - Author
University of Washington, Seattle - Author
‎ Inst Invest Sanitaria Pere Virgili, Tarragona 43007, Spain - Author
‎ ISPA Inst Univ, William James Ctr Res, Rua Jardim Tabaco 34, P-1149041 Lisbon, Portugal - Author
‎ Kathmandu Univ, Dept Physiotherapy, Sch Med Sci, Dhulikhel 45209, Nepal - Author
‎ Univ Otago, Ctr Musculoskeletal Outcomes Res, Dept Surg Sci, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand - Author
‎ Univ Rovira & Virgili, Unit Study & Treatment Pain ALGOS, Res Ctr Behav Assessment CRAMC, Dept Psychol, Tarragona 43007, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Washington, Dept Rehabil Med, Seattle, WA 98104 USA - Author
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Abstract

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study sought to better understand the associations between perfectionistic selfpresentation and measures of pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue in children and adolescents with pain. In the study, 218 adolescents responded to measures of perfectionistic self-presentation (i.e., perfectionistic self-promotion, nondisplay of imperfection and nondisclosure of imperfection), pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue. Four hierarchical regression analyses and three mediation analyses were conducted. Our results showed that perfectionistic self-promotion was significantly and independently associated with pain intensity and that nondisplay of imperfection was significantly and independently associated with pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and fatigue. Nondisclosure of imperfection was not significantly associated with any criterion variable. Pain catastrophizing mediated the association between both perfectionistic self-presentation and nondisplay imperfection and pain interference but not between nondisclosure of imperfection and pain interference. The findings provide new information about the role of perfectionistic self-presentation in children and adolescents’ experience of pain. These findings, if replicated, support perfectionism as a potential target of pain treatment in young people.

Keywords

AdolescentAdolescentsCatastrophizationChildHumansPainPain catastrophizingPain intensityPain interferencePerfectionismPerfectionistic self-presentationPerfectionistic selfpresentation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 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, 2021, it was in position 45/182, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.02, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-10, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 5
  • Europe PMC: 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 2025-08-10:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 33.
  • 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: 33 (PlumX).

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

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 10 (Altmetric).

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.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9149105

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Nepal; New Zealand; Portugal; United States of America.

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 (Sánchez Rodríguez, Elisabet) and Last Author (Miró Martínez, Jordi).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Miró Martínez, Jordi.