Threat of pain influences social context effects on verbal pain report and facial expression

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 774-782

  Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b   Hanssen, Marjolein ^b   Goubert, Liesbet ^c   Vervoort, Tine ^c   Peters, Madelon ^b   van Breukelen, Gerard ^b   Sullivan, Michael J L ^d   Morley, Stephen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisal model; Communal coping model; Pain behavior; Pain catastrophizing; Safety behaviors social context; Threat of pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREAT; VALIDITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CATASTROPHIZATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67949110972     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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