Increasing Optimism Protects Against Pain-Induced Impairment in Task-Shifting Performance.
J Pain
; 18(4): 446-455, 2017 04.
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| ID: mdl-28039101
Persistent pain can lead to difficulties in executive task performance. Three core executive functions that are often postulated are inhibition, updating, and shifting. Optimism, the tendency to expect that good things happen in the future, has been shown to protect against pain-induced performance deterioration in executive function updating. This study tested whether this protective effect of a temporary optimistic state by means of a writing and visualization exercise extended to executive function shifting. A 2 (optimism: optimism vs no optimism) × 2 (pain: pain vs no pain) mixed factorial design was conducted. Participants (N = 61) completed a shifting task once with and once without concurrent painful heat stimulation after an optimism or neutral manipulation. Results showed that shifting performance was impaired when experimental heat pain was applied during task execution, and that optimism counteracted pain-induced deterioration in task-shifting performance. PERSPECTIVE: Experimentally-induced heat pain impairs shifting task performance and manipulated optimism or induced optimism counteracted this pain-induced performance deterioration. Identifying psychological factors that may diminish the negative effect of persistent pain on the ability to function in daily life is imperative.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor
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Trastornos Psicomotores
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Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad
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Optimismo
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pain
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos