scholarly journals Social pain and physical pain: shared paths to resilience

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A Sturgeon ◽  
Alex J Zautra
Keyword(s):  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain

The Physiology of Social Pain

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Anita L. Vangelisti ◽  
Nicholas Brody
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Neural Processing ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Physiological Basis ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Social Basis ◽  
The Social

Social pain and physical pain have historically been conceptualized as distinct phenomena. Recent research, however, has noted several similarities between the two. The present chapter establishes the physiological basis of social pain. Further, the chapter explores the relational precedents and correlates of social pain. By synthesizing research that explores definitional elements of social pain, the reviewed literature explores the social basis of hurt. The chapter also reviews the extant research that posits similarities in the neural processing of social and physical pain. These similarities are further explained by examining findings that have emphasized parallels between cognitive, behavioral, and physiological responses to both social and physical pain. Shortcomings in the current research are reviewed, and several future directions are offered for researchers interested in the physiology of social pain.

Acetaminophen Reduces Social Pain

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 931-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nathan DeWall ◽  
Geoff MacDonald ◽  
Gregory D. Webster ◽  
Carrie L. Masten ◽  
Roy F. Baumeister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activity ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Social Rejection ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Neural Responses ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex

Pain, whether caused by physical injury or social rejection, is an inevitable part of life. These two types of pain—physical and social—may rely on some of the same behavioral and neural mechanisms that register pain-related affect. To the extent that these pain processes overlap, acetaminophen, a physical pain suppressant that acts through central (rather than peripheral) neural mechanisms, may also reduce behavioral and neural responses to social rejection. In two experiments, participants took acetaminophen or placebo daily for 3 weeks. Doses of acetaminophen reduced reports of social pain on a daily basis (Experiment 1). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure participants’ brain activity (Experiment 2), and found that acetaminophen reduced neural responses to social rejection in brain regions previously associated with distress caused by social pain and the affective component of physical pain (dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula). Thus, acetaminophen reduces behavioral and neural responses associated with the pain of social rejection, demonstrating substantial overlap between social and physical pain.

Imagined future social pain hurts more now than imagined future physical pain

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhansheng Chen ◽  
Kipling D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain

No effect of approved fibromyalgia drugs on the social pain (invalidation) contrary to physical pain: an open-label short-term randomized clinical trial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banafsheh Ghavidel-Parsa ◽  
Ali Bidari ◽  
Ashkan Rahimi ◽  
Faeze Gharibpoor ◽  
Mohammad-Javad Khosousi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trial ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Open Label ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Interaction between social pain and physical pain

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Yuqi Zhang ◽  
Yazhuo Kong
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Psychological Distance ◽  
Neural Circuitry ◽  
Behavioral Performance ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Painful Experience ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
The Relationship

People often experience two types of pain: social pain and physical pain. The former is related to psychological distance from other people or social groups, whereas the latter is associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Social pain caused by interpersonal interactions causes negative feelings in individuals and has negative consequences to the same degree as physical pain. Various studies have shown an interaction between social pain and physical pain, not only in behavioral performance but also in activities within shared neural regions. Accordingly, the present paper reviews: (1) the interaction between social pain and physical pain in individuals’ behavioral performances; and (2) the overlap in neural circuitry as regards the processing of social pain and physical pain. Understanding the relationship between social pain and physical pain might provide new insights into the nature of these two types of pain, and thus may further contribute to the treatment of illnesses associated with both types of painful experience.

scholarly journals Evidence from pupillometry and fMRI indicates reduced neural response during vicarious social pain but not physical pain in autism

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 4730-4744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sören Krach ◽  
Inge Kamp-Becker ◽  
Wolfgang Einhäuser ◽  
Jens Sommer ◽  
Stefan Frässle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Response ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain

Social Pain = Physical Pain?

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
&NA;
Keyword(s):  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain

Social Pain = Physical Pain?

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
&NA;
Keyword(s):  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain

scholarly journals Different semantic and affective meaning of the words associated to physical and social pain in cancer patients on early palliative/supportive care and in healthy, pain-free individuals

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248755
Author(s):  
Eleonora Borelli ◽  
Sarah Bigi ◽  
Leonardo Potenza ◽  
Fabrizio Artioli ◽  
Sonia Eliardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supportive Care ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Metastatic Cancer ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Pain Experience

Early palliative/supportive care (ePSC) is a medical intervention focused on patient’s needs, that integrates standard oncological treatment, shortly after a diagnosis of advanced/metastatic cancer. ePSC improves the appropriate management of cancer pain. Understanding the semantic and emotional impact of the words used by patients to describe their pain may further improve its assessment in the ePSC setting. Psycholinguistics assumes that the semantic and affective properties of words affect the ease by which they are processed and comprehended. Therefore, in this cross-sectional survey study we collected normative data about the semantic and affective properties of words associated to physical and social pain, in order to investigate how patients with cancer pain on ePSC process them compared to healthy, pain-free individuals. One hundred ninety patients and 124 matched controls rated the Familiarity, Valence, Arousal, Pain-relatedness, Intensity, and Unpleasantness of 94 words expressing physical and social pain. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed on ratings in order to unveil patients’ semantic and affective representation of pain and compare it with those from controls. Possible effects of variables associated to the illness experience were also tested. Both groups perceived the words conveying social pain as more negative and pain-related than those expressing physical pain, confirming previous evidence of social pain described as worse than physical pain. Patients rated pain words as less negative, less pain-related, and conveying a lower intense and unpleasant pain than controls, suggesting either an adaptation to the pain experience or the role played by ePSC in improving patients’ ability to cope with it. This exploratory study suggests that a chronic pain experience as the one experienced by cancer patients on ePSC affects the semantic and affective representation of pain words.

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