Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2014
Computer-delivered social norm message increases pain tolerance.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Updating beliefs about pain following advice: Trustworthiness of social advice predicts pain expectations and experience.Cognition · 2024Article
- Effects of False Feedback on Pain Tolerability Among Young Healthy Adults: Predictive Roles of Intentional Effort Investment and Perceived Pain Intensity.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Aerobic Exercise As a Potential Way to Improve Self-Control after Ego-Depletion in Healthy Female College Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
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backgroundFew experimental studies have been conducted on social determinants of pain tolerance. PURPOSE: This study tests a brief, computer-delivered social norm message for increasing pain tolerance.
methodsHealthy young adults (N = 260; 44 % Caucasian; 27 % Hispanic) were randomly assigned into a 2 (social norm) × 2 (challenge) cold pressor study, stratified by gender. They received standard instructions or standard instructions plus a message that contained artificially elevated information about typical performance of others.
resultsThose receiving a social norm message displayed significantly higher pain tolerance, F(1, 255) = 26.95, p < .001, η p (2) = .10 and pain threshold F(1, 244) = 9.81, p = .002, η p (2) = .04, but comparable pain intensity, p > .05. There were no interactions between condition and gender on any outcome variables, p > .05.
conclusionsSocial norms can significantly increase pain tolerance, even with a brief verbal message delivered by a video.
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