Investigating attention toward pain-related cues in an Arabic-speaking population with and without chronic pain.

ABSTRACT: There is some evidence for attentional biases in individuals with chronic pain (CP). Cultural and linguistic differences might affect the manifestation of these processes across populations. However, such attentional biases have not been explored in the Arabic-speaking population. The current study investigated these attentional biases and possible associations with resilience. Two matched groups of Arabic-speaking participants with (58) and without (58) CP were recruited from Jordan and the United Kingdom. They completed emotionally modified versions of the Posner cueing and Stroop tasks, alongside questionnaires. Significant group differences were found for the Posner task, with the CP group exhibiting disengagement revealed by the inhibition of return (IOR) effect for sensory pain-relat

SUBMITTER: Abudoush AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10972906 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature