The Influence of Sex and Gender, Gender Ontological Beliefs, and Sexism on Pain Sensitivity Judgments: Implications for Health Care Settings and Beyond
Annabel Vetterlein,
Martin Reuter,
Lina von Häfen
et al.
Abstract:Chronic pain affects at least one in five individuals. Hence, adequate pain judgement is a vital interpersonal skill. Nonetheless, women often face treatment disparities due to biased assessments. Priorly, sex and gender (i.e., biological category vs. cultural representation) have not been investigated separately. Our study was thus designed to disentangle their distinct influence on pain judgments. In an online study, N = 679 participants (73.8% female) were presented with a novel vignettes paradigm including… Show more
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