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The Use of Imagery for the Control of Experimentally Induced Pain: Prescribed Versus Individualized Imagery

Measures of pain tolerance and threshold were obtained for 100 male and female subjects in a pretest treatment posttest experiment using the cold pressor test. Subjects were divided into five treatment groups with an equal representation of males and females in each group. In addition each group was divided into high and low locus of control, resulting in a 2 X 5, locus of control-by—treatment, experimental design. Treatment groups received one of the following five sets of instructions: prescribed pleasant imagery, prescribed angry imagery, self-generated pleasant imagery, self-generated angry imagery, and expectancy control. Credibility checks were obtained on all groups, and an ANOVA revealed no significant differences in credibility ratings among the groups.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331123
Date12 1900
CreatorsWinslow, Chester Douglas
ContributorsRimm, David C., Hayslip, Bert, Harrell, Ernest H., Haynes, Jack Read
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 81 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Winslow, Chester Douglas, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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