Will it hurt less if I believe I can control it? Influence of actual and perceived control on perceived pain intensity in healthy male individuals: A randomized controlled study

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 529-537

  Müller, Matthias J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controllability; Helplessness; Learned helplessness; Pain perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867860974     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9382-0     Document Type: Article

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