Reduction of psychological stress in surgical patients

Reduction of Postoperative Pain by Encouragement and Instruction of Patients

Lawrence D. Egbert, George E. Battit, Claude E. Welch et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1964 · 1.1K citations

Pain Therapy, Pain Medicine, Special Training +19

Short-circuiting of threat by experimentally altering cognitive appraisal.

Richard S. Lazarus, Elizabeth Alfert · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1964 · 752 citations

Sound Tracks, Psychosocial Determinant, Social Psychology +16

Effects of accurate expectations and behavioral instructions on reactions during a noxious medical examination.

Jean E. Johnson, Howard Leventhal · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1974 · 306 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Accurate Expectations, Noxious Medical Examination +9

Reduction of stress in humans through nonveridical perceived control of aversive stimulation.

James H. Geer, Gerald C. Davison, Robert I. Gatchel · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1970 · 275 citations

Aversive Stimulation, Task 40, Shock Duration +22

Psychological Stress: Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients.

Edmund H. Volkart, Irving L. Janis · American Sociological Review · 1959 · 270 citations

Stress Psychology, Psychological Stress, Psychiatry +4