Distraction from pain: The role of selective attention and pain catastrophizing.

European Journal of Pain : EJP
Katharina M RischerMarian van der Meulen

Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of cognitive engagement in reducing concurrent pain. However, little is known about the role of individual differences in inhibitory control abilities and negative pain-related cognitions in modulating the magnitude of this type of distraction from pain. In a pain distraction paradigm, 41 participants completed a working memory task with both a demanding high load condition (2-back) and an easy low load condition (0-back), while receiving warm or painful thermal stimuli to their left forearm. To control for individual differences in sensitivity to pain and perceived task difficulty, nociceptive stimulus intensity and task speed were individually calibrated. Additionally, participants completed a set of cognitive inhibition tasks (flanker, go/nogo, Stroop) and questionnaires about negative pain-related cognitions (fear of pain, pain catastrophizing) prior to the distraction paradigm. As expected, engaging in the high load condition significantly reduced perceived intensity and unpleasantness of nociceptive stimuli, compared to the low load condition. The size of the distraction effect correlated significantly with better cognitive inhibition and selective attention abilities, as me...Continue Reading

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