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Fear of pain and hostility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

E. Dragkioti ,
E. Kotrotsiou ,
D. Damigos ,
V. Mavreas  and
M. Gouva
E. Dragkioti
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program “Pain Management”, Medical School - University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
E. Kotrotsiou
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, Greece
D. Damigos
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Program “Pain Management”, Medical School - University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
V. Mavreas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Medical School - University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
M. Gouva
Affiliation:
School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus, Ioannina, Greece

Abstract

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Introduction

Fear of pain motivates defence and protection from events that are perceived as threatening. When defence and protection are not efficient, fear may lead to aggressive acts against the perceived source of threat.

Objective

This study tested the link between fear of pain and hostility in adults.

Aim

The aim was to investigate the relationship between fear of pain and hostility.

Method

595 community individuals participated to the present study (164 men - 431 women, mean age 34, SD = 12, ranged 18–75). The measures used were: a) the Fear of Pain Questionnaire - III (FPQ-III), b) the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-20 (PASS-20) c) the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire (HDHQ) and d) the Aggression subscale of The Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R).

Results

Women predicted significantly more aggression (t = −1.9, p = .05), while for hostility no differences with sex were observed (t = −.2, p = .80). Hostility was significantly correlated with the amount of fear of pain (r = .27, p = .001) and pain anxiety symptoms (r = .23, p = .001). Significantly correlations were also found with aggression and fear of pain (r = .27, p = .001) and pain anxiety symptoms (r = .31, p = .001). Hierarchical linear regression models revealed that, pain anxiety had a significant independent link with hostile attitude (β = .176, p = .001) and fear of pain make independent contributions to predicting aggressive behaviour (β = .090, p = .006).

Conclusion

The need for health professionals to assess hostility and aggression in fear of pain behaviors and apply relevant information to the therapeutic regimen was apparent.

Type
P03-37
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1206
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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