Dispositional optimism and thoughts of well-being determine sensitivity to an experimental pain task

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-313

  Geers, Andrew L ^a   Wellman, Justin A ^a   Helfer, Suzanne G ^b   Fowler, Stephanie L ^a   France, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b ADRIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold pressor; Optimism; Pain; Pessimism; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PESSIMISM; STRESS; THINKING; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749179719     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-008-9073-4     Document Type: Article

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