Visual and verbal modes of information processing and cognitively-based coping strategies: An extension and replication

Akins, Tom; Hollandsworth, James G.; Alcorn, John D.

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(83)90128-6

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“…Subjects were also asked, however, to indicate the percentage of time that they used the strategy; here too there were no differences. Similar null findings for a comparison between these identical conditions were obtained by Akins, Hollandsworth, and Alcorn (1983; the condition means were not reported). In yet a third similar experiment, Horan and Dellinger (1974) compared relaxing imagery with counting backwards'by Is.…”

Section: Principle 2: Comparing Distraction Strategiessupporting

confidence: 75%

Distraction and coping with pain.

McCaul¹,

Malott²

1984

Psychological Bulletin

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273

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Distraction is thought to be an effective strategy for coping with pain-produced distress. The purpose of this article is to offer explicit conceptual explanations of why and when distraction will be effective and to review research related to this conceptual scheme. A theoretical case for the effectiveness of distraction is drawn from assumptions about (a) the importance of cognition in mediating the pain experience, and (b) the limited capacity available for focusing attention on different stimulus events. Combining these assumptions led to four principles that were examined with available data. Principle 1: Distraction will reduce distress as compared with uninstructed and placebo control conditions. Principle 2: Distraction techniques that require more attentional capacity will be more effective. Principle 3: Distraction will have stronger effects on pain stimuli of low intensity. Principle 4: Distraction will be more effective than sensation redefinition for mild pain stimuli, but the reverse will be true for intense pain stimuli. The data supported these principles, and this review discusses implications and research necessary for helping persons to cope with pain.

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Section: Principle 2: Comparing Distraction Strategiessupporting

confidence: 75%

Distraction and coping with pain.

McCaul¹,

Malott²

1984

Psychological Bulletin

607

273

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“…Positive valenced emotions including experimentally-induced positive mood (Akins et al, 1983;Bruehl et al, 1993;Cogan et al, 1987;Weisenberg et al, 1998;Zelman et al, 1991;Zillmann et al, 1996), sexual excitation (Komisaruk and Whipple, 1986;Meagher et al, 2001;Rhudy et al, 2008), and relaxation (Cogan et al, 1987;Westcott and Horan, 1977) consistently lead to reduced pain/nociception. However, the degree of inhibition is determined by the intensity of the emotional state (as assessed by arousal level), with more intense positive emotions (i.e., sexual excitement) eliciting the greatest inhibition (Komisaruk and Whipple, 1986;Rhudy et al, 2008).…”

Section: Relations To Previous Studies Of Emotion and Pain/nociceptionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Emotional modulation of autonomic responses to painful trigeminal stimulation

Williams

Rhudy

2009

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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“…The inconsistency in previous literature pertaining to the role of individual differences in imagery and verbal coping strategies might be explained, in part, by the types of measures employed. Tucker et al (1977) used the contralateral eye movements task, whereas Atkins et al (1982Atkins et al ( ,1983 used the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire. Neither of these measures assesses processes even remotely related to clinical situations, and neither considers situational or functional mediating variables.…”

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confidence: 99%