Knowing you care: Effects of perceived empathy and attachment style on pain perception

Pain

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 687-693

  Sambo, Chiara F ^a   Howard, Matthew ^a   Kopelman, Michael ^a   Williams, Steven ^a   Fotopoulou, Aikaterini ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Coping; Empathy; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78049455346     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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