Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry
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J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry · Dec 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effects of acceptance and suppression on anticipation and receipt of painful stimulation.
Previous research has found that in some contexts, suppression increases distress, whereas acceptance decreases distress. It is not clear, however, whether these two common forms of emotion regulation have comparable or divergent physiological and behavioral effects during the anticipation and receipt of a painful stimulus. ⋯ In contrast to previous research, we found that both acceptance and suppression are effective in reducing pain and anxiety in response to experimentally induced pain.