Pain-avoidance versus reward-seeking: An experimental investigation

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1449-1457

  Claes, Nathalie ^a,b   Crombez, Geert ^b   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Goal competition; Goal importance; Motivation; Pain; Pain related fear; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN AVOIDANCE; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; REWARD SEEKING; STIMULUS; VISUAL FEEDBACK; YOUNG ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD;

EID: 84945285902     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000116     Document Type: Article

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