Cognitive Strategies for the Control of Experimentally Induced Pain: The Role of Pleasantness and Relevance of Content in Imagery Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cognitive Strategies for the Control of Experimentally Induced Pain: The Role of Pleasantness and Relevance of Content in Imagery

Creator

  • Author: Geary, Thomas Dennis
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Kennelly, Kevin J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Rimm, David C.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Doster, Joseph A., 1943-
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Holloway, Harold D.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Stricklin, Annie B.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: North Texas State University
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1982-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This study compared the relative efficacy of four imagery techniques in increasing tolerance to cold pressor pain. Relevant pleasant, relevant unpleasant, irrelevant pleasant, and irrelevant unpleasant imagery strategies were compared in a two-way factorial design. Prior research suggested that pleasantness and relevance both affect imagery potency. This study attempted to assess the relative contribution of these two variables to increases in pain tolerance. Also investigated were the roles of several hypothesized mediating variables; namely, contextual valence, self-efficacy, treatment credibility, and involvement in imagery. The subjects were 60 female undergraduates who were randomly assigned to the four imagery groups. Two-way analysis of covariance were performed on all dependent variables, using pain threshold as the covariate. Pearons r.'s were used to test correlational hypotheses.
  • Physical Description: v, 98 leaves

Subject

  • Keyword: imagery techniques in therapy
  • Keyword: cold pressor pain
  • Keyword: pain tolerance
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pain.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Analgesia.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Immunological tolerance.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Control (Psychology)

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Geary, Thomas Dennis
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1002782386-Geary
  • Call Number: 379 N81 no. 1882
  • UNT Catalog No.: 379 N81 no. 1882
  • OCLC: 11381631
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc332115

Degree

  • Academic Department: Psychology
  • Degree Discipline: Clinical Psychology
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Publication Type: disse
  • Degree Grantor: North Texas State University
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