Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain
Pain perception is influenced by several factors, and among them, affect, sex, and perception of bodily signals are assumed to play a prominent role. The aim of the present study is to explore how sex, cardiac interoceptive accuracy, and the interaction of the latter two influence the perception of...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-02-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.577961/full |
| _version_ | 1819160280346656768 |
|---|---|
| author | Eszter Ferentzi Mattis Geiger Sandra A. Mai-Lippold Ferenc Köteles Christian Montag Olga Pollatos |
| author_facet | Eszter Ferentzi Mattis Geiger Sandra A. Mai-Lippold Ferenc Köteles Christian Montag Olga Pollatos |
| author_sort | Eszter Ferentzi |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Pain perception is influenced by several factors, and among them, affect, sex, and perception of bodily signals are assumed to play a prominent role. The aim of the present study is to explore how sex, cardiac interoceptive accuracy, and the interaction of the latter two influence the perception of experimentally induced pain. We investigated a large sample of young adults (n = 159, 50.9% female, age: 23.45, SD = 3.767), assessing current positive and negative affective state with the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (both involved as control variables), cardiac interoceptive accuracy with the mental heartbeat tracking task, and pain sensitivity with electrical stimulation on the back of the dominant hand, applying a repeated-measures staircase protocol. Males showed a significantly higher pain threshold and tolerance level than females, whereas cardiac interoceptive accuracy was not associated with pain sensitivity. The impact of sex × cardiac interoceptive accuracy interaction was significant for pain threshold only, while pain tolerance was predicted only by sex. According to these findings, the associations between pain sensitivity, cardiac IAc, and sex might be more complicated than it was supposed in previous studies. Interactions between factors impacting pain perception appear worthy of further investigation. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-22T16:53:56Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-1981722b56da434a99347a7c6f64e267 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1664-1078 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-22T16:53:56Z |
| publishDate | 2021-02-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Psychology |
| spelling | doaj.art-1981722b56da434a99347a7c6f64e2672022-12-21T18:19:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-02-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.577961577961Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced PainEszter Ferentzi0Mattis Geiger1Sandra A. Mai-Lippold2Ferenc Köteles3Christian Montag4Olga Pollatos5Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, GermanyDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, GermanyInstitute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Molecular Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, GermanyDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Ulm, GermanyPain perception is influenced by several factors, and among them, affect, sex, and perception of bodily signals are assumed to play a prominent role. The aim of the present study is to explore how sex, cardiac interoceptive accuracy, and the interaction of the latter two influence the perception of experimentally induced pain. We investigated a large sample of young adults (n = 159, 50.9% female, age: 23.45, SD = 3.767), assessing current positive and negative affective state with the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (both involved as control variables), cardiac interoceptive accuracy with the mental heartbeat tracking task, and pain sensitivity with electrical stimulation on the back of the dominant hand, applying a repeated-measures staircase protocol. Males showed a significantly higher pain threshold and tolerance level than females, whereas cardiac interoceptive accuracy was not associated with pain sensitivity. The impact of sex × cardiac interoceptive accuracy interaction was significant for pain threshold only, while pain tolerance was predicted only by sex. According to these findings, the associations between pain sensitivity, cardiac IAc, and sex might be more complicated than it was supposed in previous studies. Interactions between factors impacting pain perception appear worthy of further investigation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.577961/fullinteroceptioncardiac interoceptive accuracypain perceptionaffectsex differences |
| spellingShingle | Eszter Ferentzi Mattis Geiger Sandra A. Mai-Lippold Ferenc Köteles Christian Montag Olga Pollatos Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain Frontiers in Psychology interoception cardiac interoceptive accuracy pain perception affect sex differences |
| title | Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain |
| title_full | Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain |
| title_fullStr | Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain |
| title_short | Interaction Between Sex and Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Measures of Induced Pain |
| title_sort | interaction between sex and cardiac interoceptive accuracy in measures of induced pain |
| topic | interoception cardiac interoceptive accuracy pain perception affect sex differences |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.577961/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT eszterferentzi interactionbetweensexandcardiacinteroceptiveaccuracyinmeasuresofinducedpain AT mattisgeiger interactionbetweensexandcardiacinteroceptiveaccuracyinmeasuresofinducedpain AT sandraamailippold interactionbetweensexandcardiacinteroceptiveaccuracyinmeasuresofinducedpain AT ferenckoteles interactionbetweensexandcardiacinteroceptiveaccuracyinmeasuresofinducedpain AT christianmontag interactionbetweensexandcardiacinteroceptiveaccuracyinmeasuresofinducedpain AT olgapollatos interactionbetweensexandcardiacinteroceptiveaccuracyinmeasuresofinducedpain |