APPRAISAL AND RESPONSE TO PAIN MAY BE A FUNCTION OF ITS BODILY LOCATION

Authors
KLONOFF EA LANDRINE H BROWN M
Citation
Ea. Klonoff et al., APPRAISAL AND RESPONSE TO PAIN MAY BE A FUNCTION OF ITS BODILY LOCATION, Journal of psychosomatic research, 37(6), 1993, pp. 661-670
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of psychosomatic research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223999
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
661 - 670
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3999(1993)37:6<661:AARTPM>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This study explored the hypothesis that appraisals of and responses to pain may in part be a function of where the pain is located. Results revealed that appraising pain as life-threatening, seeking help, discl osing pain to others and emotional distress in response to pain were c ontingent on the pain's bodily location. Significant ethnic difference s in appraisal of pain, and significant gender differences in disclosu re of and emotional response to pain also were found.