The role of threat expectancy in attentional bias and thermal pain perception in healthy individuals

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 653-663

  Schoth, Daniel E ^a   Yu, Karen ^a   Liossi, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beliefs; emotions; health psychology; information; quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; THERMOSENSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899577356     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313476976     Document Type: Article

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