More Insight on the Role of Personality Traits and Sensitivity to Experimental Pain

• Published in: Journal of pain research Vol. 14; pp. 1837 - 1844
• Main Authors: Grouper, Hadas, Eisenberg, Elon, Pud, Dorit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove
• Subjects: Cold; Mediation; Original Research; Pain; Personality; Personality traits; Questionnaires; Israel; pain catastrophizing; sensitivity to pain; personality traits; FFM; PSQ
• ISSN: 1178-7090; 1178-7090
• DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S309729

The present study aimed to assess the influence of personality traits on the variability of sensitivity to pain in two distinct groups of healthy subjects with low versus high sensitivity to pain (LSP vs HSP, respectively). Healthy subjects (n=156) were allocated to two groups according to their tol...