The Role of Infant Pain Behaviour in Predicting Parent Pain Ratings

Rebecca Pillai Riddell; David B Flora; Sara Stevens; Saul Greenberg; Hartley Garfield

doi:10.1155/2014/934831

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

The Role of Infant Pain Behaviour in Predicting Parent Pain Ratings

Rebecca Pillai Riddell,
David B Flora,
Sara Stevens,
Saul Greenberg,
Hartley Garfield

Affiliations

Rebecca Pillai Riddell: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
David B Flora: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
Sara Stevens: Department of Psychology, York University, Canada
Saul Greenberg: Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hartley Garfield: Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/934831
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 5
pp. e124 – e132

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Research investigating how observers empathize or form estimations of an individual experiencing pain suggests that both characteristics of the observer (‘top down’) and characteristics of the individual in pain (‘bottom up’) are influential. However, experts have opined that infant behaviour should serve as a crucial determinant of infant pain judgment due to their inability to self-report.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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