Effects of attentional direction, age, and coping style on cold-pressor pain in children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 849-862

  Piira, Tiina ^a,b   Hayes, Brett ^b   Goodenough, Belinda ^a,b   von Baeyer, Carl L ^c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Child; Cold pressor; Coping; Distraction; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33646078109     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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