Gender Biases in Estimation of Others’ Pain

• Published in: The journal of pain Vol. 22; no. 9; pp. 1048 - 1059
• Main Authors: Zhang, Lanlan, Losin, Elizabeth A. Reynolds, Ashar, Yoni K., Koban, Leonie, Wager, Tor D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2021; U.S. Association for the Study of Pain / Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Chronic Pain - therapy; Cognitive science; Female; gender bias; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; pain estimation; Pain Management; pain treatment recommendations; pain-related gender role expectation; Psychology; Sex; Sexism; Shoulder Pain - therapy; Social Perception; stereotypes; Stereotyping; Young Adult; gender bias; pain treatment recommendations; pain estimation; stereotypes; Sex; pain-related gender role expectation

•In two studies, perceivers under-estimated female patients’ pain compared with males’ pain.•Perceivers’ pain-related gender stereotypes predicted pain estimation biases.•Perceivers prescribed more psychotherapy for female and more pain medicine for male patients. Caregiving and other interpersonal...