(279) The impact of disease-specific internalized stigma on depressive symptoms, pain catastrophizing, pain interference, and alcohol use in people living with HIV and chronic pain (PLWH-CP)

Owens, Michael A.; Okunbor, Jennifer I.; Rainey, R.; White, Dyan M.; Mushatt, K.; Yessick, Lindsey R.; Merlin, Jessica S.; Turan, Janet M.; Goodin, Burel R.

doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2017.02.172

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“…Conversely, previous studies found that there might be a potential effect of stigma on pain perception. For instance, internalized stigma negatively affects psychosocial health outcomes [ 5 ]. Data from people who had low back pain suggested that stigma was associated with greater intensity of perception of chronic pain [ 6 ].…”

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Sexism-Related Stigma Affects Pain Perception

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et al. 2021

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People with stigmatized characteristics tend to be devalued by others in a given society. The negative experiences related to stigma cause individuals to struggle as they would if they were in physical pain and bring various negative outcomes in the way that physical pain does. However, it is unclear whether stigma related to one’s identity would affect their perception of physical pain. To address this issue, using sexism-related paradigms, we found that females had reduced pain threshold/tolerance in the Cold Pressor Test (Experiment 1) and an increased rating for nociceptive laser stimuli with fixed intensity (Experiment 2). Additionally, we observed that there was a larger laser-evoked N1, an early laser-evoked P2, and a larger magnitude of low-frequency component in laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) in the stigma condition than in the control condition (Experiment 3). Our study provides behavioral and electrophysiological evidence that sexism-related stigma affects the pain perception of females.

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confidence: 99%

Sexism-Related Stigma Affects Pain Perception

Zhang

et al. 2021

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“…Some other functional brain regions are involved in the processing of physical pain and social pain. For example, the perception of physical pain is mainly coded by the insula, PAG, and the dorsal inner thalamus [53, 54]. It was shown that the right ventral prefrontal cortex (RVPFC) is related to coding the negative emotional experience accompanied by pain [55, 56].…”

Section: Shared Neural Circuit Of Physical Pain and Social Painmentioning

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Interaction between social pain and physical pain

Zhang

Kong

2019

Brain Science Advances

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People often experience two types of pain: social pain and physical pain. The former is related to psychological distance from other people or social groups, whereas the latter is associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Social pain caused by interpersonal interactions causes negative feelings in individuals and has negative consequences to the same degree as physical pain. Various studies have shown an interaction between social pain and physical pain, not only in behavioral performance but also in activities within shared neural regions. Accordingly, the present paper reviews: (1) the interaction between social pain and physical pain in individuals’ behavioral performances; and (2) the overlap in neural circuitry as regards the processing of social pain and physical pain. Understanding the relationship between social pain and physical pain might provide new insights into the nature of these two types of pain, and thus may further contribute to the treatment of illnesses associated with both types of painful experience.

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