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Behavioral treatment of chronic pain: The spouse as a discriminative cue for pain behavior

Block, Andrew R., Kremer, Edwin F., Gaylor, Michael·1980·Pain

Abstract

Twenty married chronic pain patients (pain duration > 8 mo.) consecutively admitted to a pain management program were administered a taped structured interview designed to elucidate the responses of their spouses to pain behavior. Additionally, patients were required to report their pain levels in two different observational conditions: when observed by their spouse and when observed by a "neutral observer", the ward clerk. Those patients who reported that their spouses were relatively non-solicitous in responding to pain behavior reported significantly lower pain levels in the spouse-observing condition than in the neutral-observer condition. Patients who reported that their spouses were relatively solicitous in responding to pain behavior reported marginally higher levels of pain in the spouse-observing condition than in the neutral-observer condition.

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Authors
Block, A. R., Kremer, E. F., & Gaylor, M.
Affiliations
University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Block, Andrew R.
Venue
Pain
Published
1980-10
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
243-252
ISSN
0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2016242681
Cited by
223
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
FWCI
4.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Pain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
chronic pain, pain behavior, spouses, discriminative stimulus, pain management, pain reporting, pain management program
MeSH terms
Behavior Therapy, Chronic Disease, Cues, Family, Female, Humans, Male, Pain, Prejudice, Pain Management

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