Swearing as a response to pain: a cross-cultural comparison of British and Japanese participants
(2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, S., Stephens, R., & Robertson, O. (2017). Swearing as a response to pain: a cross-cultural comparison of British and Japanese participants. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.07.014
Background and aims
Research suggests swearing can moderate pain perception. The present study assessed whether changes in pain perception due to swearing reflect a “scripting” effect by comparing swearing as a response to pain in native English and...
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