Cognitive mediators of pain perception and tolerance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6204766
AutoresSharon L Baker (University of Connecticut), Irving Kirsch (0000-0002-1215-4061)
Año1991
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas504-510
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.61.3.504
PMID1941522
OpenAlexW2050445299
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas7

A social learning model of pain perception and tolerance was evaluated. Responses to cold-pressor pain were examined in 4 groups of 20 Ss each. One group was given instruction in cognitive coping strategies, the 2nd was given a monetary incentive contingent on tolerance time, the 3rd was given both cognitive training and monetary reinforcement, and a no-treatment control group was given neither. Incentive and coping instructions significantly increased tolerance but did not alter pain perception. A path analysis indicated that pain tolerance was affected by self-efficacy, which in turn was predicted by pain expectancy and the provision of incentives. Incentive also had an impact on tolerance that was independent of self-efficacy. Pain perception was strongly affected by pain expectancy, but was unrelated to self-efficacy.

Anesthesia · Chronic pain · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Economics · Expectancy theory · Incentive · Microeconomics · Pain catastrophizing · Pain Perception · Pain tolerance · Perception · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Social perception · Threshold of pain · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Neuroscience · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Pain Mechanisms and Treatments · Pediatric Pain Management Techniques · Psychology · Social Psychology