Five-factor personality traits and pain sensitivity: a twin study.

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2013.01.010

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Five-factor personality traits and pain sensitivity: a twin study.

Pain - 1 May 2013

Vassend Olav, Røysamb Espen, Nielsen Christopher S

Abstract excerpt

Factors underlying individual differences in pain responding are incompletely understood, but are likely to include genetic influences on basal pain sensitivity in addition to demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and ethnicity, and psychological factors including personality. This study sought to explore the relationship between personality traits and experimental pain sensitivity, and to determine to...

Topics

Adult
Cold Temperature
Environment
Extraversion, Psychological
Female
Hostility
Hot Temperature
Humans
Male
Models, Statistical
Neurotic Disorders
Pain
Pain Measurement
Personality
Personality Tests
Phenotype
Pressure
Regression Analysis

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PMID: 23473786
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.01.010

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