title: The effects of experimenter gender on pain report in male and female subjects.
abstract: An experiment was conducted that investigated the effect of experimenter gender on the report of pain of male and female subjects. In order to evoke gender-related motives, experimenters were selected for their attractiveness. Subjects were asked to rate cold pressor pain in front of either a male or female experimenter. The results indicated that males reported significantly less pain in front of a female experimenter than a male experimenter. The difference in female subjects was not significant although they tended to report higher pain to the male experimenter.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Stony Brook, NYU.S.A.
authors.forename: Fredric M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lee De Simone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012737:Sex Factors