Gender Differences in Pain Perception-a Pilot Study on Young Romanian Students
- Chraif, Mihaela
- Fulga, Dună
Publication date
May 2013
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. ISSN
1877-0428 Citation count (estimate)
2Abstract
AbstractThe objective of this research is to highlight that the male undergraduate self-perception of pain is statistically significant higher than female undergraduate students. Method: The participants were 42 subjects participated at this study, 17 males and 25 females, undergraduate students at Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest. The participants are between 19 and 23 years old (M=21.74; S.D=1.46). Instrument: FSV Questionnaire on Reaction to Pain (Vienna Test System, 2007). Findings confirmed the research hypothesis: There are statistically significant gender differences in cognitive control (p<0.05). Conclusions showed that both groups’ results were higher to cognitive control (more than80%)
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