Pain automatically elicits escape-avoidance behavior to avert bodily harm. In patients with chronic pain long-term escape-avoidance behavior may increase the risk of chronic disability. The aim of the presents study was to examine whether implementation intentions, reduce escape-avoidance behavior during painful tasks in healthy individuals. Implementation intentions are “if-then” self-statements associating situational cues with goal-directed behaviors.Seventy healthy participants performed a painful finger pressing task, preceded by either implementation intention instructions with pain or a non-pain cue as a cue for goal directed behavior, or control instructions.
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