• J Consult Clin Psychol · Aug 1997

    Thresholds and tolerance of physical pain in suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents.

    • I Orbach, M Mikulincer, R King, D Cohen, and D Stein.
    • Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
    • J Consult Clin Psychol. 1997 Aug 1;65(4):646-52.

    AbstractIt was hypothesized that suicidal inpatient adolescents (n = 38) will exhibit a higher tolerance for physical pain than nonsuicidal inpatients (n = 29) and control participants (n = 34). Participants provided self-reports of hopelessness, dissociation, suicidal tendencies, depression, and anxiety and were administered a series of thermal pain stimuli by means of a Thermal Sensory Analyzer (TSA). The suicidal participants significantly differed from the 2 controls in pain thresholds and tolerance and in most self-report measures, even after controlling for motivation, medication, diagnosis, and length of hospitalization. Significant correlations were found between pain measures and self-report measures. The results were discussed in terms of the role that body experiences play in suicidal behavior.

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