Relation Between Child Trait Anxiety and Response to Experimental Pain
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This study investigated the relation between child trait anxiety, as reported by parents and children, and children?s pain intensity ratings and pain tolerance following a cold pressor trial. The relation between child and parent reports of child trait anxiety was also explored. Participants included 151 healthy children ages 5 to 16 years. Parents were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children-Parent Report-Trait version and children were administered the Revised Manifest Children?s Anxiety Scale. Children completed a baseline cold pressor trial at 7�C. Parent- and child-reported child trait anxiety did not significantly predict pain tolerance or pain intensity. Parent reports of child trait anxiety were not significantly correlated with child self-reports of trait anxiety. Replication with a sample of older children with higher levels of trait anxiety is recommended. Future studies may also benefit from utilizing trait anxiety questionnaires that have both child self-report and parent-proxy versions.