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ReviewFrontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)2025

Psychosocial influences on pain in transgender individuals.

Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic, Abby Odelson, Audrey Strain, Eric D Wesselmann

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Review in Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kelly S ClemensDepartment of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
John MatkovicDepartment of Health Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
Abby Odelson *Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
Audrey Strain *Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
Eric D WesselmannDepartment of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain is an unpleasant and unavoidable part of the human experience, but the prevalence and impact of pain disproportionately impacts marginalized groups, including transgender and gender-diverse people. While there are many bases of pain, psychosocial variables, including cognitions (e.g., outcome and interpersonal expectations, social gender norms), affect (e.g., negative affectivity, emotional distress), and social factors (e.g., social exclusion) may be particularly relevant in the pain experiences of transgender individuals. The coalescence of these factors is discussed in this review, where authors specifically consider how these cognitive, affective, and social factors may contribute to pain disparities seen in transgender individuals. Patient-centered communication is presented as a potential avenue to directly mitigate the effect of these psychosocial variables on pain in transgender individuals by reducing feelings of social exclusion transgender patients may experience in the medical office, and the authors call for additional experimental research and the development of educational interventions for providers.

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affectcognitionexclusionpainsocial paintransgender (binary and non-binary)

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PMID40343302
PMCPMC12058864

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