Emotion regulation and positive affect in the context of salivary alpha-amylase response to pain in children with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with cancer routinely undergo painful medical procedures invoking strong physiological stress responses. Resilience to this pain may be conferred through resources such as emotion regulation strategies and positive affect.

Procedure

This study measured dispositional positive affect in children with cancer (N = 73) and randomly assigned participants to one of three emotion regulation strategy conditions (distraction, reappraisal, or reassurance). Children applied their assigned strategy during an experimental pain procedure (the cold pressor task [CPT]) and provided saliva samples before, immediately after, and 15 min after the CPT. Saliva samples were later assayed for salivary alpha amylase (sAA)-a surrogate marker for autonomic/sympathetic nervous syste

SUBMITTER: Jenkins BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746182 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature