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Psicothema, 2008. Vol. Vol. 20 (nº 3). 420-426




Sensibilidad al dolor, autorregulación, afrontamiento y personalidad en mujeres adultas sanas

Ángel G. López-Pérez-Díaz y M. Dolores Calero-García

Universidad de Granada

Los objetivos de este estudio han sido investigar la relación existente entre la sensibilidad al dolor y la intensidad percibida del dolor, y determinar qué variables psicológicas influyen en la sensibilidad al dolor experimental en una muestra de 74 mujeres adultas sin síntomas habituales de dolor. El dolor experimental fue inducido mediante el dolorímetro electrónico portátil (DEP)® y la intensidad de dolor producida fue evaluada mediante una escala visual analógica (EVA). Las características psicológicas estudiadas han sido autogobierno, estrategias para el afrontamiento del estrés, sensibilidad a la ansiedad y las cinco dimensiones de personalidad evaluadas por el BFQ de Caprara, Barbaranelli y Borgogni (1995). Los resultados indican una relación positiva entre sensibilidad al dolor e intensidad subjetiva de dolor, y el análisis de varianza realizado muestra además diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los grupos bajo y alto en sensibilidad al dolor en las variables automotivación, focalización en la solución de problemas, reevaluación positiva de los acontecimientos estresantes, energía y apertura mental.

Sensitivity to pain, self-regulation, coping and personality in healthy adult women. The goals of this study were to investigate the relation between sensitivity to pain and subjectively perceived intensity of pain, and to establish which psychological variables affect lesser or greater objective sensitivity to experimental pain. The study sample consisted of 74 adult women without regular pain symptoms. Experimental pain was induced by means of the Portable Electronic Dolorimeter (Dolorímetro Electrónico Portátil: DEP)®. Intensity of induced pain was evaluated using a Visual Analogic Scale (VAS). Psychological characteristics studied were self-government, stress-coping strategies, sensitivity to anxiety and the five personality dimensions evaluated by the BFQ of Caprara, Barbaranelli and Borgogni (1995). Results revealed a positive relation between sensitivity to pain and subjective intensity of pain. An analysis of variance also revealed statistically significant differences between groups with low and high sensitivity to pain in the following variables: self-motivation, focalization in problem-solving, positive reappraisal of stressful events, energy and mental openness. The importance of the study lies in the identification of specific psychological factors for intervention in the psychological treatment of pain.

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