Pain and alcohol consumption in virtual reality.

Christina Gilmour, Shelby Blaes, Nicholas J. Bush, Darya Vitus, Ryan W. Carpenter, Michael Robinson, Jeff Boissoneault

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology · 2022 · 17 citations · 24 references

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> .49). Exploratory analyses indicated significant interactions such that the effect of the painful heat condition was stronger in individuals with higher levels of greater negative urgency but the opposite effect for pain catastrophizing. Results suggest acute pain has sex-contingent effects on drinking topography, such that men drank more rapidly while experiencing painful heat. Furthermore, analyses indicated that individuals with greater negative urgency, regardless of sex, may be at elevated risk for hazardous alcohol use when experiencing pain. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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