Background This study compared an acceptance-based strategy with a control-based
strategy (distraction) in terms of the ability of participants to tolerate a painful stimulus, across …

This experiment investigated the impact of brief training in acceptance versus distraction‐
based pain management on experimental pain tolerance in conditions of lower and higher …

This study compared acceptance vs. avoidance coping with acute physical pain, in a pain-
induction experiment and examined both between and within-group differences, multi …

This study compares the effect of an acceptance-based protocol (ACT) and a cognitive
control—based (CONT) protocol on three measures of pain coping: tolerance, self-report …

Previous research suggests that acceptance is a promising alternative to distraction and
control techniques in successfully coping with pain. Acceptance interventions based upon …

This study compares specific acceptance-based strategies and cognitive-control-based
strategies for coping with experimentally induced pain. Forty participants were randomly …

The present study measured the effects of catastrophizing self-statements and positive
coping self-statements on cold pressor-induced pain. Participants were 58 adult chronic …

This study compared two theoretically opposed strategies for acute pain management: an
acceptance-based and a change-based approach. These two strategies were compared in …

Perceptions of control over pain and specific pain coping strategies are associated with a
number of positive outcomes in patients with chronic pain conditions. Transactional models …

Little is known about treatment mechanisms underlying acceptance strategies. Acceptance
is a strategy that is expected to increase pain tolerance more than distraction, while …