Avoidance versus focused attention and the perception of pain: Differential effects for men and women

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 225-230

  Keogh, Edmund ^a   Hatton, Karen ^a   Ellery, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cold pressor; Coping; Gender; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033969837     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00270-5     Document Type: Article

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