TY - JOUR
T1 - Body awareness and pain habituation
T2 - the role of orientation towards somatic signals
AU - Ginzburg, Karni
AU - Tsur, Noga
AU - Karmin, Carmel
AU - Speizman, Tali
AU - Tourgeman, Ricki
AU - Defrin, Ruti
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/9/4
Y1 - 2015/9/4
N2 - Although body awareness and pain perception are considered to be parts of the interoceptive system, the relationship between them is unclear. This study examines the association between body awareness and pain habituation, hypothesizing that this association is moderated by pain catastrophizing and mindfulness. Sixty subjects received a mildly aversive electrical stimulus for 60 s, during which they were requested to rate the amount of perceived pain. Complete habituation was indicated by abolition of pain sensation; partial habituation was indicated by a decrease in pain sensation. Individuals who demonstrated complete habituation had lower levels of pain catastrophizing and lower levels of mindfulness. As hypothesized, the association between body awareness and pain habituation was moderated by pain catastrophizing: Among low pain catastrophizers, the higher the body awareness, the stronger the tendency to exhibit complete habituation. Among high pain catastrophizers, the higher the body awareness, the greater the likelihood to present partial habituation.
AB - Although body awareness and pain perception are considered to be parts of the interoceptive system, the relationship between them is unclear. This study examines the association between body awareness and pain habituation, hypothesizing that this association is moderated by pain catastrophizing and mindfulness. Sixty subjects received a mildly aversive electrical stimulus for 60 s, during which they were requested to rate the amount of perceived pain. Complete habituation was indicated by abolition of pain sensation; partial habituation was indicated by a decrease in pain sensation. Individuals who demonstrated complete habituation had lower levels of pain catastrophizing and lower levels of mindfulness. As hypothesized, the association between body awareness and pain habituation was moderated by pain catastrophizing: Among low pain catastrophizers, the higher the body awareness, the stronger the tendency to exhibit complete habituation. Among high pain catastrophizers, the higher the body awareness, the greater the likelihood to present partial habituation.
KW - Body awareness
KW - Mindfulness
KW - Pain catastrophizing
KW - Pain habituation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84946485395&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10865-015-9676-8
DO - 10.1007/s10865-015-9676-8
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C2 - 26341355
AN - SCOPUS:84946485395
SN - 0160-7715
VL - 38
SP - 876
EP - 885
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 6
ER -
