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The Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity and Coping on the Pain Perception and Galvanic Skin Response

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2006, v.11 no.4, pp.797-815


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Abstract

The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of anxiety sensitivity and coping on the perception of pain and galvanic skin response. Initially, A total of 712 undergraduate students completed Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised(Taylor & Cox, 1998b). Of these, 90 people with non-chronic pain syndrome were selected and divided into higher and lower anxiety sensitivity group based on anxiety sensitivity scores. Then, participants were tested individually at laboratory with their own sessions for approximately twenty minutes. Half of the low and high anxiety sensitivity groups were randomly instructed to focus on cold pressor pain sensations. The remaining were instructed to distract pain sensations. The results of the study are as follows. First, individuals high in anxiety sensitivity reported greater affect pain ratings than those low in anxiety sensitivity. But higher anxiety sensitivity group did not show significantly greater sensory pain and galvanic skin response than lower anxiety sensitivity group. Second, individuals in the sensory-focused coping condition did not report greater sensory and affect pain, compared to those in the distraction coping condition. However, the sensory-focused coping group showed greater galvanic skin response to the cold pressor pain than the distraction coping group. Third, interaction between anxiety sensitivity and coping condition was not significant. The results of the current study clearly confirm that anxiety sensitivity plays an important role the experiences of pain, especially affect pain. Distraction increased galvanic skin response to pain, whereas sensory focusing decreased galvanic skin response to pain. the study suggests that the sensory focusing as an intervention might be especially useful in individuals with pain complaints.

keywords
anxiety sensitivity, sensory-focusing, distraction, pain perception, galvanic skin response, anxiety sensitivity, sensory-focusing, distraction, pain perception, galvanic skin response, 불안민감성, 감각초점화, 주의분산, 통증 지각, 전기피부반응

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