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Race Deficits in Pain Authenticity Detection

Lloyd, Emily Paige
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531912112953475

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Psychology.
In seven studies, the current work examines the effects of race on pain authenticity sensitivity (i.e., ability to discriminate real from fake pain) and response bias (i.e., tendency to label expressions as real relative to fake). Reliable effects of target race on sensitivity, but not on response bias, were observed. In Studies 1-2, White perceivers were better able to discern authentic from inauthentic pain for White targets than for Black targets. Study 3 recruited both Black and White perceivers to clarify the nature and to establish the generalizability of this effect. Both Black and White perceivers exhibited greater pain authenticity sensitivity for White than Black targets, providing evidence for a majority group advantage in pain detection. Studies 4 and 5 replicated the effects of race on sensitivity with more generalizable and intense pain stimuli. Finally, Studies 6 and 7 examined downstream consequences for medical judgments using lay participants’ treatment recommendations (Study 6) and medical providers’ pain authenticity detection capabilities (Study 7). This work is theoretically important for informing pain and intergroup literatures. Further, it has practical significance for identifying previously unexplored mechanisms (i.e., ability to discern pain authenticity signals) involving race-based treatment discrepancies.
Kurt Hugenberg (Advisor)
Allen McConnell (Advisor)
Jonathan Kunstman (Committee Member)
Eric Stenstrom (Committee Member)
66 p.
Health; Psychology; Social Psychology
social inequality, pain, intergroup relations, interpersonal sensitivity

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  • Lloyd, E. P. (2018). Race Deficits in Pain Authenticity Detection [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531912112953475

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lloyd, Emily. Race Deficits in Pain Authenticity Detection. 2018. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531912112953475.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lloyd, Emily. "Race Deficits in Pain Authenticity Detection." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1531912112953475

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.