Mark Petter

The effects of mindful attention and state mindfulness on acute experimental pain among adolescents.

Journal of pediatric psychology March 5, 2014 Mark Petter, Patrick J. Mcgrath, Christine T Chambers et al.

Objective: Attention-based coping strategies for pain are widely used in pediatric populations. The purpose of this study was to test a novel mindful attention manipulation on adolescent's experimental pain responses. Furthermore, the relationship between state mindfulness and experimental pain was examined. Methods: A total of 198 adolescents were randomly assigned to a mindful attention...