Response inhibition predicts painful task duration and performance in healthy individuals performing a cold pressor task in a motivational context

To understand better the role of pain history in current response to pain episodes, this research examined pain-related indices from the patient's family of origin and their relationships to the patient's coping with acute pain. Participants were 42 healthy men and women who provided information about their own and their family's pain history and then were administered a cold pressor task. High frequency of family pain modeling was associated with higher frequency of current pain episodes, more types of pain, greater intensity, and also lower physiological arousal and subjective pain ratings during the cold pressor. The findings underscore the relationships between familial pain modeling and current pain-related functioning.

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A Study of the Effect of Varying Visual Occlusion and Task Duration Conditions on Driver Behavior and Performance while Using a Secondary Task Human-Machine Interface

10.4271/2003-01-0128 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

David H. Weir ◽

Dean P. Chiang ◽

Aaron M. Brooks

Keyword(s):

Secondary Task ◽

Driver Behavior ◽

Human Machine Interface ◽

Task Duration ◽

Visual Occlusion ◽

Machine Interface ◽

And Performance ◽

And Task

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Child Cortisol Output During Cold Pressor Task is Associated with Trait Anxiety, but Not Maternal Antenatal Depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology ◽

10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105517 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 131 ◽

pp. 105517

Author(s):

K.M. Sawyer ◽

R.H. Bind ◽

K. Hazelgrove ◽

B. Allegri ◽

L. Rebecchini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Trait Anxiety ◽

Cold Pressor ◽

Antenatal Depression ◽

Cold Pressor Task

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Effects of Frequency of Pain Report on Subjective Pain Ratings of the Cold Pressor Task

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1998.86.3c.1263 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 86 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1263-1266

Author(s):

Michael Loftin ◽

Amos Zeichner ◽

Matthew Given

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Cold Pressor ◽

Self Report ◽

Cold Pressor Task ◽

Pain Ratings ◽

Subjective Pain ◽

Pain Report

Differences in methodology among studies using the cold pressor task have affected the level of pain reported by subjects. This study was designed to assess the effects of varying frequency of self-report on intensity of subjective pain ratings. In a sample of 108 subjects, significant differences in pain ratings were found between subjects who rated their pain at 50-sec. intervals and groups who rated at lower or higher frequencies. Analysis indicated that the frequency of reporting pain may influence the coping strategies used by patients with pain and should be considered carefully by researchers.

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SUPER scale to the rescue: reconciling what parents say and what they communicate during their child’s pain

Pain Management ◽

10.2217/pmt-2019-0050 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 179-194

Author(s):

Rachel L Moline ◽

Kaytlin L Constantin ◽

Megan N Gauthier ◽

Deborah M Powell ◽

C Meghan McMurtry

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Nonverbal Communication ◽

Facial Expressions ◽

Cold Pressor ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Nonverbal Behaviors ◽

Parent Behaviors ◽

Cold Pressor Task ◽

Vocal Cues

Aim: Fully illuminating mechanisms relating parent behaviors to child pain require examining both verbal and nonverbal communication. We conducted a multimethod investigation into parent nonverbal communication and physiology, and investigated the psychometric properties of the Scheme for Understanding Parent Emotive Responses Scale to assess parent nonverbals accompanying reassurance and distraction. Materials & methods: 23 children (7–12 years of age) completed the cold pressor task with their parent (predominately mothers). Parent heart rate and heart rate variability were monitored and assessed. The Scheme for Understanding Parent Emotive Responses Scale coding of parent nonverbal behaviors (i.e., vocal cues, facial expressions, posture) was used to detect levels of fear, warmth, disengagement and humor. Results & conclusion: Preliminary evidence for the psychometric properties of the scale are offered. Parent reassurance was associated with more fear, less warmth and less humor compared with distraction.

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