Title: Positive Affect as a Source of Resilience for Adults with Chronic Pain
Investigator: Anthony Ong, PhD, Cornell University
Overview: This pilot will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an online-delivered positive affect (PA) skills intervention, LARKSPUR (Lessons in Affect Regulation to Keep Stress and Pain UndeR control), in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The pilot focuses on Stage 1 (providing the basis for modification and refinement of existing interventions) of the NIA’s Stage Model of Behavioral Intervention Development in that it 1) identifies PA enhancement as a promising therapeutic element relevant for the treatment of FMS, and 2) evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of LARKSPUR as a means of reducing pain and pain-related interference in FMS patients.
Note: Pilot started in 2021