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Papers: 28 Dec 2019 - 3 Jan 2020

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2020 Apr


Eur J Pain


24


4

Learning to fear pain after observing another’s pain: An experimental study in schoolchildren.

Authors

Van Lierde E, Goubert L, Vervoort T, Hughes G, Van den Bussche E
Eur J Pain. 2020 Apr; 24(4):791-806.
PMID: 31886912.

Abstract

Children of individuals with chronic pain have an increased vulnerability to experience pain problems, possibly through observation of pain in their parents. As pain-related fear (PRF) is a critical factor in the development and maintenance of chronic pain, the current experimental study examined the acquisition of PRF through observational learning and subsequent extinction after first-hand experience of the feared stimulus.