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Anger suppression, ironic processes and pain.

Phillip J Quartana1, K Lira Yoon, John W Burns

  • 1Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA. phillip.quartana@rfums.org

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Suppressing anger paradoxically increases pain perception by making anger more accessible in the mind. This study investigated the link between emotion regulation and pain experience.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Pain Research
  • Emotion Regulation

Background:

  • The relationship between anger suppression and pain is not fully understood.
  • Investigating the causal influence and underlying mechanisms of anger suppression on pain is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that anger suppression increases cognitive accessibility of anger.
  • To examine how this increased accessibility influences pain perception in an anger-congruent manner.

Main Methods:

  • Two experimental studies were conducted.
  • Methods included emotion suppression instructions, anger provocation, cold-pressor pain tasks, self-report measures, and modified dot-probe tasks.

Main Results:

  • Participants suppressing anger reported greater cold-pressor pain compared to controls.
  • The heightened pain perception was specific to anger-related qualities.
  • Study 2 provided partial evidence for increased cognitive accessibility of anger due to suppression.

Conclusions:

  • Anger suppression may paradoxically intensify pain perception.
  • Cognitive accessibility of anger appears to be a mediating mechanism.
  • Findings highlight the complex interplay between emotion regulation and pain processing.