No pain no gain? Pursuing a competing goal inhibits avoidance behavior

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 800-804

  Van Damme, Stefaan ^a   Van Ryckeghem, Dimitri M L ^a   Wyffels, Fran ^a   Van Hulle, Lore ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coping; Experimental pain; Fear; Goals; Motivation; Pain avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858698092     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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