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Vividness of imagery as a factor in pain management /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Vividness of imagery as a factor in pain management // Robert Paul Evans.
Author:	Evans, Robert Paul,
Description:	1 electronic resource (105 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International51-12B.
Subject:	Psychotherapy. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9017057
ISBN:	9798207171685

Vividness of imagery as a factor in pain management /
Evans, Robert Paul,

Vividness of imagery as a factor in pain management /Robert Paul Evans. - 1 electronic resource (105 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: B.

The objectives of the present research study were: (1) to investigate differences in imaging ability in its relation to stress and pain management; (2) to compare a vividness enhancement training program with a rational-emotive stress management training program (Placebo Control) and a no-contact control group, all of which included relaxation training; and (3) to examine the utility of developing a training program to help individuals enhance the vividness of their imagery thus allowing them to better cope with and manage stress and pain. Individuals experiencing cold-pressor pain were evaluated by the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire as well as by measures of pain threshold and tolerance. The hypotheses were: (1) Self-reported imagery vividness (VVIQ) would improve more after Imagery Vividness Enhancement Training than after Cognitive Retraining or Relaxation Training alone; (2) Threshold and tolerance scores would improve more after the Cognitive Retraining and Relaxation Training Only pretreatments than after the Imagery Enhancement Training pretreatment; (3) Although threshold and tolerance scores should increase in response to relaxation training for all three groups, i.e., a main effect for time would be significant, scores on the final threshold and tolerance tests would increase significantly more for the Vividness of Imagery Enhancement Training group as compared with the other two groups. Hypothesis 1 was not supported by the data. A main effect for time was significant suggesting a general tendency for self-reported imagery vividness to increase for all subjects. Hypothesis 2 was partially supported; the Relaxation Training Only pretreatment group was significantly superior to the other two groups. The Cognitive Retraining pretreatment group, however was not superior as compared with the Enhancement Training pretreatment group. Hypothesis 3 was not supported by the data. As expected, threshold and tolerance scores did increase significantly for all three groups. The Enhancement Training group, however did not outperform the other two groups in this regard. It was concluded that: (1) practice effects on the VVIQ may have outweighed any effects from the Enhancement Training pretreatment; (2) the results of the present investigation join many other studies in supporting the notion of distraction as superior to reinterpretation in pain management; (3) relaxation is a complex phenomenon which, in relation to successful pain management, may involve the interaction of several factors including distraction and alteration of time perception; (4) Given the difficulties inherent in pain simulation research, future studies should attempt to focus on actual pain patients.

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Vividness of imagery as a factor in pain management /
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