ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science
Understanding the Role of Psychological Factors in Pain Amplification: Insights from Experimental and Clinical Research.
Chronic pain is a debilitating and persistent condition. Psychological factors have been proposed as promising modulatory mechanisms that could contribute to its amplification. However, the evidence in favour of this hypothesis remains controversial. To understand the relevance of psychological processes we will integrate insights from experimental and clinical research.
Chairs & Discussants
- Emanuel van den BroekeChair
Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Presentations
- The Mediating Role of Spouses’ Responses in the Relationship between Chronic Pain Patients’ Psychological States and Pain Intensity and Interference.Emanuele Maria Giusti
- Parent Empathic Distress in the Context of Child’s PainInge Timmers
- The Effect of a Nocebo Intervention on the Development of Secondary HyperalgesiaElke Meyers
- Experimentally Investigating Whether Negative Expectations and the Focus of Attention Can Enhance Secondary HyperalgesiaDelia Della Porta
