| dc.contributor.author | Rossy, Nadine H. F. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:37:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2004 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ94036 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54650 | |
| dc.description | Pain catastrophizing is one of the most important psychological predictors of the pain experience. This relationship is important in designing interventions for pain. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to determine if two different psychological group interventions would impact on pain catastrophizing and thus on pain perception in comparison with a control condition. The participants were 58 individuals high in pain catastrophizing attending a dental hygiene treatment appointment at a university training clinic. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups. The first intervention was a pain catastrophizing reduction intervention group in which 17 participants were trained to identify catastrophizing thoughts and develop strategies for reducing the frequency of, and restructuring, these thoughts. The second intervention was a relaxation focused intervention group in which 23 participants learned distraction and relaxation strategies for pain reduction. Both intervention groups received dental hygiene treatment after receiving two one-hour group intervention sessions. A wait list control group with 18 participants was used. After the intervention, participants received dental hygiene treatment where they rated their physical and emotional distress. Statistical analyses revealed that both intervention groups reported an increase in positive mood relative to the wait list control group. The pain catastrophizing reduction intervention group reported significantly less pain during dental hygiene procedures than the other two groups. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 2004. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Clinical. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychology, Cognitive. | en_US |
| dc.title | Cognitive challenging and restructuring versus relaxation intervention strategies for the management of pain in catastrophizers receiving dental hygiene treatment. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
