Appraisal and coping responses to pain and stress in migraine headache sufferers

The purpose of this study was to investigate how migraine headache sufferers and headache-free controls differ in their appraisal and coping responses to a cognitive (mental arithmetic) and a physical (cold pressor) laboratory stressor. Fifty-two women (26 migraine headache and 26 controls) complete...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 1999-08, Vol.22 (4), p.327-340
Main Authors: HASSINGER, H. J, SEMENCHUK, E. M, O'BRIEN, W. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Cold Temperature
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Illness and personality
Illness, stress and coping
Medical sciences
Migraine Disorders - psychology
Neurology
Pain Measurement - methods
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self-Assessment
Stress, Psychological
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate how migraine headache sufferers and headache-free controls differ in their appraisal and coping responses to a cognitive (mental arithmetic) and a physical (cold pressor) laboratory stressor. Fifty-two women (26 migraine headache and 26 controls) completed the study. Results indicated that migraine sufferers rated the cold pressor task as significantly more painful compared to headache-free participants. Migraine headache sufferers also reported more wishful thinking and self-criticism in managing the mental arithmetic stressor. In addition, migraine participants reported the use of more social withdrawal and catastrophizing in managing stress and pain outside of the laboratory.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1023/A:1018722002393