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Determining the Relationship of Moods and Expectations in Placebo Analgesia

Close, Shane R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1418388856

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2014, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Psychology.
The present study aimed to test the relationship between mood states and expectations in placebo analgesia. Prior studies show that both mood states and expectations individually affect pain. However, no studies examine these two constructs in combination. A pilot study failed to create an effective expectation, so the research question could not be answered. The proposed study aimed to remedy the shortcomings of the pilot study and to answer this question. Mood induction caused either positive or neutral mood for participants. Independently of mood state, participants received a false expectation about pain relief (i.e. placebo analgesia) or no expectation about pain relief and took part in a laboratory pain task, the ischemic pain task. There were no significant effects for mood, expectation, or an interaction of mood and expectations on pain experience. The proposed study failed to create a greater expectation of pain relief. Reasons for these null effects and directions for future research are discussed.
Andrew Geers, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jason Rose, PhD (Committee Member)
Ian Handley, PhD (Committee Member)
67 p.
Psychology
Placebo; Mood; Expectation

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  • Close, S. R. (2014). Determining the Relationship of Moods and Expectations in Placebo Analgesia [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1418388856

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Close, Shane. Determining the Relationship of Moods and Expectations in Placebo Analgesia. 2014. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1418388856.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Close, Shane. "Determining the Relationship of Moods and Expectations in Placebo Analgesia." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1418388856

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