Use of pain threshold reports to satisfy social needs

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-319

  MacDonald, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Pain threshold; Social exclusion; Social pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; HUMAN RELATION; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55249125957     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/289575     Document Type: Article

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