The purpose of this study is to investigate the dysfunctional effects of aggression on pain response. In study 1, it examines the effect of induced-aggression and the direction of induced-aggression as well as how it is expressed or suppressed on pain...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the dysfunctional effects of aggression on pain response. In study 1, it examines the effect of induced-aggression and the direction of induced-aggression as well as how it is expressed or suppressed on pain responses. A total of 56 undergraduate students assigned to three experimental conditions (e.g., aggression expression, aggression suppression, and control group) participated in this study. The results are as follows. First, those participants who are stimulated to be aggressive are found to be more sensitive to pain stimuli as compared to the control group. However, there was no difference in subjective pain distress. Second, for aggression expression group, the pain sensitivity and subjective pain distress are found to be not significantly different as compared to the aggression suppression group.
The purpose of study 2 is to examine the relationship of aggression and pain responses. A total of 46 undergraduate students completed the questionnaire on aggression before measuring their pain responses. The results are as follows. First, there is a negative correlation between aggression and pain sensitivity. Second, there is no significant correlation between aggression and subjective pain distress. This imply that those students who have higher level of aggression have the tendency to response more sensitively than those who have lower level of aggression.