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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Pain Tolerance"”.
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The effects of catastrophizing and labeling on pain tolerance, sensation, and affect
… study examined the effects of labeling on pain tolerance, sensation, and affect for individuals who are high or low pain catastrophizers, as measured through the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Pasticipants completed the PCS and were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 labeling conditions: A …
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The effect of short high intensity intermitent training on pain tolerance and self-paced cycling performance
Introduction Pain tolerance has been identified as a potential factor attributable to an athlete’s success. Previous studies have reported that high intensity intermittent training (HIIT) can increase pain tolerance and exercise capacity. However, it is unclear if short HIIT programs are effective …
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Anger and Sadness Rumination and Their Impact on Momentary Changes in Impulsivity and Pain Tolerance: Implications for the Development of Suicide Risk
… effects of anger and sadness rumination on state pain tolerance and impulsivity to examine the mechanisms that underlie non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behaviors. The moderating effect of suicide risk on the aforementioned relationships was also examined. A sample of 120 undergraduate …
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Do beliefs about race differences in pain contribute to actual race differences in experimental pain response?
Chronic pain is a costly health problem that affects more than 100 million people in the United States. Race differences exist in the way that pain is experienced and in how it is treated. Many biopsychosocial factors contribute to race differences in pain tolerance. Beliefs about race differences …
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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Acute Pain Experience: An Examination of Individual Difference
… of a 15-minute mindfulness intervention on acute pain experience. The study employed a three-group, repeated measures experimental design with two active control conditions (sham mindfulness and attention control) and an analogue pain induction procedure (cold-pressor test). The sample consisted …
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When the Movies Come to Life: Media Violence and Physiological Pain Response
… violent video clip would increase physiological pain tolerance. Participants were asked to self-report their lifetime and recent media consumption and were then exposed to a violent or non-violent video clip. Results revealed that lifetime media violence consumption as well as exposure to a …
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The effectiveness of a hope intervention in coping with cold pressor pain
… affect play a critical role in the experience of pain. Thus, research has been aimed at illuminating psychological factors that impact pain experience and targeting psychological processes that may alleviate suffering associated with pain. Hope is one individual difference construct that has been …
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The role of the prefrontal cortex in hypnotic and placebo analgesia.
… Pressor Test (CPT), a commonly used test for pain-threshold (the time at which pain is first felt) and pain-tolerance (from pain threshold until hand removal), under three counterbalanced conditions: 1) After receiving a hypnotic suggestion for analgesia; 2) After receiving a placebo analgesia …
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A Longitudinal Investigation of the Effect of Violent Video Game Play on Capability for Suicide
… about death and possess elevated physical pain tolerance. It is believed that such capability is developed through exposure to painful and/or provocative events, which serve to habituate the individual to fear and pain. The current study sought to expand on previous studies to examine the …
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Psychosocial variables in the prediction of somatic complaints with applications to stress-related disorders
… perceived barriers to health care and level of pain tolerance were significant predictors for males. Significant predictors for females included perceived susceptibility to illness, amount of stress experienced, and not responding to health-related situations by seeking medical attention. A …
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Does Empathy Promote Emotion Regulation In The Context Of Pain? An Experimental Investigation
… in better emotion regulation and greater pain tolerance during a cold pressor task. Based on empathy and intimacy theories, it was expected that observers who were instructed to take the perspective of their partner would feel and express more empathy, and that their partners would have …
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Experimental Analyses of Pain: Understanding Processes and Developing Interventions
… and distraction-based interventions on the tolerance and distress of experimentally induced radiant heat pain. The research program comprised five automated experimental studies, including componential analyses to investigate the processes underpinning the use of acceptance and distraction …
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Neurophysiological Differences in Pain Reactivity: Why Some People are Tolerant to Pain
Pain is a complex, ubiquitous phenomenon that can be debilitating and costly. Although it is well known that some individuals can easily tolerate pain while others are more intolerant to pain, little is known of the neurophysiological bases of these differences. Because differences in sensory …
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Narcotic Utilization for Pain Patients Housed in Private and Semi-Private Rooms.
… utilization of narcotic analgesics by 40 back pain patients housed in private rooms and 40 patients housed in semi-private rooms ; and (2) the activity patterns of 10 orthopedic/pain patients housed in private rooms and 10 patients in semi-private rooms. It was postulated that patients in …
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Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Risk: An Examination among Young Adults
… (e.g., suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts, pain tolerance) among a large sample of young adults. The primary goal of my doctoral research was to identify individuals who engaged in NSSI at risk for suicidal ideation and attempts, in an effort to elucidate the processes through which …
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Efficacy of pain scales in athletic populations and paired with aglometric measurements
<p>Objective: Pain is the most common symptom and reason for why affected individuals seek out medical attention for injuries. The most common pain scales are: the numerical rating scale (NRS), 5-point verbal rating scale (VRS-5), and visual analog scale (VAS) but there is no gold standard …
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Examining the Effects of Contextually-Imposed Cognitive Load on Providers' Chronic Pain Treatment Decisions for Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Patients
… low SES are more likely to receive suboptimal pain care. One potential contributor to these disparities is biased provider decision-making—there is compelling evidence that providers are influenced by patient race and SES when making pain treatment decisions. According to the dual process …
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Clarifying the Nature of Pain-Related Anxiety: Implications for Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Pain-related anxiety and anxiety sensitivity (AS) are important constructs in fearanxiety- avoidance models of chronic pain (Asmundson, P. J. Norton, & Vlaeyen, 2004). Pain-related anxiety (McCracken & Gross, 1998) includes dimensions of cognitive anxiety (e.g., concentration difficulties as result …
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Do psychosocial factors predict pain after participation in an ultramarathon race?
… the effect psychosocial factors play on pain recovery following competition, particularly in endurance runners. More specifically, the role fear avoidance beliefs, pain catastrophizing and self-efficacy play in pain recovery following an ultramarathon race. This information is important …
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