Testing the relation between dispositional optimism and conditioned pain modulation: Does ethnicity matter?

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-174

  Goodin, Burel R ^a   Kronfli, Tarek ^b   King, Christopher D ^a   Glover, Toni L ^a,c   Sibille, Kimberly ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned pain modulation; Dispositional optimism; Ethnic differences; Pain inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CATASTROPHIZING; CAUCASIAN; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CATASTROPHIZATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONALITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878446502     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-012-9411-7     Document Type: Article

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