Does Experience Influence Judgements of Pain Behaviour? Evidence from Relatives of Pain Patients and Therapists

OBJECTIVE: Judgments about an individual's pain can be profoundly important to sufferers. Relatively few studies have examined variables that may affect observers' judgments of the pain of others. The present article reports two studies investigating the relationship between different kind...

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Main Authors: Kenneth M Prkachin, Patty Solomon, Teresa Hwang, Susan R Mercer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/108098
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spelling doaj-64159021c0d94440af638a1af9ea582b2020-11-24T21:23:44ZengHindawi LimitedPain Research and Management1203-67652001-01-016210511210.1155/2001/108098Does Experience Influence Judgements of Pain Behaviour? Evidence from Relatives of Pain Patients and TherapistsKenneth M Prkachin0Patty Solomon1Teresa Hwang2Susan R Mercer3University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, CanadaMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandOBJECTIVE: Judgments about an individual's pain can be profoundly important to sufferers. Relatively few studies have examined variables that may affect observers' judgments of the pain of others. The present article reports two studies investigating the relationship between different kinds of exposure to pain problems and observers' ratings of the pain intensity of patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/108098
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Does Experience Influence Judgements of Pain Behaviour? Evidence from Relatives of Pain Patients and Therapists
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title_short Does Experience Influence Judgements of Pain Behaviour? Evidence from Relatives of Pain Patients and Therapists
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description OBJECTIVE: Judgments about an individual's pain can be profoundly important to sufferers. Relatively few studies have examined variables that may affect observers' judgments of the pain of others. The present article reports two studies investigating the relationship between different kinds of exposure to pain problems and observers' ratings of the pain intensity of patients.
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