Hypnosis and Distraction Differ in Their Effects on Cold Pressor Pain

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-148

  Freeman, Robert ^a,b   Barabasz, Arreed ^a   Barabasz, Marrianne ^a   Warner, Dennis ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; THEORY; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

COLD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RELAXATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033805674     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2000.10404266     Document Type: Article

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