The role of emotion in pain modulation Academic Article

abstract

• Although most agree that emotion can alter pain, little well-controlled research has been conducted to examine this issue. The present review provides psychological and physiological rationales for considering the influence of emotion on pain, followed by an overview of recent work in this area. We conclude that the pain-modulating effects of emotion are best characterized by an interaction between valence and arousal. Positive emotions lead to pain reduction as long as a minimal threshold of arousal is attained. However, negative emotions only lead to pain inhibition when they are highly arousing. Negative emotions coupled with low-to-moderate arousal facilitate pain. 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

authors

• Meagher, Mary

published proceedings

• CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY

author list (cited authors)

• Rhudy, J. L., & Meagher, M. W.

citation count

• 131

complete list of authors

• Rhudy, JL||Meagher, MW

publication date

• January 2001

publisher

• Wolters Kluwer  Publisher

published in

• Current Opinion in Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Basic Behavioral And Social Science
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Chronic Pain
• Clinical Research
• Mind And Body
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurosciences
• Pain Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/00001504-200105000-00012

start page

• 241

end page

• 245

volume

• 14

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1097%2F00001504-200105000-00012