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PERSONALITY, PAIN PERCEPTION AND PAIN TOLERANCE
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1973
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Pain TherapyPain DisordersPain MedicineSquare‐wave Electrical ImpulsesEmpathyPain DiagnosisClassical Test TheoryCattell 16Social SciencesPsychologyPain SyndromePsychophysiologyPersonality Factor QuestionnairePain ManagementSensationHealth SciencesInterventional Pain MedicineRehabilitationPain ResearchPersonality PsychologyElectrophysiologyPain Mechanism
Square‐wave electrical impulses were applied to the teeth of human subjects to determine the pain perception threshold (PP) and pain tolerance level (PT). Each subject had previously completed the Cattell 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, but the results of this were not known to the investigators (i.e. blind testing). Analysis of the results showed no statistically significant correlation between any of the personality factors and either of the two pain measurements. Neither was there any correlation with the derived values, PT‐PP or PT/PP.