Role of gender norms and group identification on hypothetical and experimental pain tolerance

Pain

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 122-129

  Pool, Gregory J ^a   Schwegler, Andria F ^b   Theodore, Brian R ^b   Fuchs, Perry N ^b  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Group identification; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34047248386     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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