Compliance with homework to employ self-instructions in controlling ice water pain: an analogue to counseling.
40 women were taught to use self-statements to cope with pain caused by ice water. The trainer used four different strategies for reassigning a homework task of using self-statements to cope with pain produced by immersing one hand in ice water. The strategies were equally effective in eliciting compliance with the homework assignment.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D012684:Sensory Thresholds