| Autor: |
Liz Najdovski, Leanne Terry, Melissa Coulson, Nicole Papaleo, Rachel Jamieson, Nicola Gilford, Nicholas J. Voudouris, Chelsea Pollard, Michael J. Platow |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
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| Zdroj: |
European Journal of Social Psychology. 37:649-660 |
| ISSN: |
0046-2772 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/ejsp.381 |
| Popis: |
A large body of research demonstrates a strong social component to people's pain experiences and pain-related behaviours. We investigate this by examining the impact of social-influence processes on laboratory-induced pain responses by manipulating the social-categorical relationship between the person experiencing pain and another who offers reassurance. We show that physiological arousal associated with laboratory-induced pain is significantly lower in normal, healthy participants following reassurance about the pain-inducing activity when that reassurance comes from an in-group member in contrast to reassurance from an out-group member and a no reassurance control. These data are consistent with predictions derived from self-categorization theory, providing convincing empirical support of its analysis of social influence using a non-reactive measure. These data also represent a clear advance within the pain literature by identifying a possible common process to the social-psychological component of pain responses. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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