Swearing as a response to pain

R Stephens, J Atkins, A Kingston - Neuroreport, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Although a common pain response, whether swearing alters individuals'
experience of pain has not been investigated. This study investigated whether swearing
affects cold-pressor pain tolerance (the ability to withstand immersing the hand in icy ...

Swearing as a response to pain—Effect of daily swearing frequency

R Stephens, C Umland - The Journal of Pain, 2011 - Elsevier
Previously we showed that swearing produces a pain lessening (hypoalgesic) effect for
many people. 20 This paper assesses whether habituation to swearing occurs such that
people who swear more frequently in daily life show a lesser pain tolerance effect of ...

Naturalistically observed swearing, emotional support, and depressive symptoms in women coping with illness.

ML Robbins, ES Focella, S Kasle, AM López… - Health …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
... Only very few studies have investigated aspects related to swearing in a medical context (Bird
& Harris, 1990; Palazzo & Warner, 1999). Recently, Stephens, Atkins, and Kingston (2009)
demonstrated that swearing can facilitate coping with pain. ... Swearing as a response to pain. ...

Swearing: a biopsychosocial perspective

AJJM Vingerhoets, LM Bylsma, C De Vlam - Psihologijske teme, 2013 - hrcak.srce.hr
... However, in a relevant experimental study, Stephens, Atkins, and Kingston (2009) examined
the effect of swearing on pain tolerance and pain perception by exposing 67 students to the
cold-pressor test. ... Dong, N. (2010). Mechanism of swearing as a response to pain. ...

[CITATION][C] Mechanism of swearing as a response to pain

N Dong - University of Toronto Journal of Undergraduate Life …, 2010 - juls.library.utoronto.ca
Until recently, traditional cardiovascular heart disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol
and blood pressure levels, were considered to be the potential and predictor risk factors of
heart disease. However, recent studies show that not all patients suffering from myocardial ...

Effect of manipulated state aggression on pain tolerance

R Stephens, C Allsop - Psychological reports, 2012 - prx.sagepub.com
... Summary.—Swearing produces a pain lessening (hypoalgesic) effect for many people; an
emotional response may be the underlying mechanism. ... press. stephens, R., atkins, J., & kingston,
a. (2009) Swearing as a response to pain. Neuro- Report, 20, 1056-1060. ...

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale

V Warden, AC Hurley, L Volicer - Journal of the American Medical Directors …, 2003 - Elsevier
... Appendix. Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD). ... Low level speech with a negative
or disapproving quality is characterized by muttering, mumbling, whining, grumbling, or swearing
in a low volume with a complaining, sarcastic or caustic tone. ...

[CITATION][C] J. atkins/A. kingston 2009:“Swearing as a Response to Pain.”

R Stephens - Neuroreport

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between punishment history and skin conductance elicited during swearing

JJ Tomash, P Reed - The Analysis of verbal behavior, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Epub 2011 Jul 20. Swearing as a response to pain-effect of daily swearing frequency.[J Pain.
2011] Stephens R, Umland C. J Pain. ... 2007 Mar-Apr; 42(2):113-29. Swearing as a response to
pain.[Neuroreport. 2009] Stephens R, Atkins J, Kingston A. Neuroreport. ...

On the relation of injury to pain the John J. Bonica Lecture

PD Wall - Pain, 1979 - Elsevier
... The man was shouting, swearing and struggling. ... While 262 the backward directed anxiety
represents a diversion from the injury, the pre~nt and future directed anxieties concentrate on
the damage, Acute pain and acute anxieW of the latter types are completely coupled. ...

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