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  • Stress as a trigger for headaches: Relationship between exposure and sensitivity

    Author(s)
    Martin, Paul R.
    Lae, Lidia
    Reece, John
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Martin, Paul
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    This study investigated the relationship between length of exposure to a stressor and capacity of the stressor to elicit head pain. Some 127 participants, 93 of whom suffered from regular headaches, were randomly assigned to five experimental conditions, defined by length of exposure to a stressor. Participants attended a single laboratory session divided into three phases: pre-intervention test, intervention and post-intervention test. The main finding was a significant cubic trend between length of exposure to the stressor and ratings of head pain. This trend indicated that very short exposure to the stressor increased ...
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    This study investigated the relationship between length of exposure to a stressor and capacity of the stressor to elicit head pain. Some 127 participants, 93 of whom suffered from regular headaches, were randomly assigned to five experimental conditions, defined by length of exposure to a stressor. Participants attended a single laboratory session divided into three phases: pre-intervention test, intervention and post-intervention test. The main finding was a significant cubic trend between length of exposure to the stressor and ratings of head pain. This trend indicated that very short exposure to the stressor increased sensitivity, whilst longer exposure decreased sensitivity, but even longer exposure increased sensitivity. These results build on earlier studies that suggest the traditional clinical advice to headache sufferers, that the best way to prevent headaches is to avoid the triggers, runs the risk of establishing an insidious sensitization process, thereby increasing headache frequency.
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    Journal Title
    Anxiety, Stress and Coping
    Volume
    20
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800701628843
    Subject
    Psychology not elsewhere classified
    Business and Management
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/57018
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