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초록

This study investigated the effects of the emotion regulation strategy of emotion suppression on attentional bias toward painful stimuli in individuals with chronic pain. The participants were divided into a chronic pain group (N = 55) and a healthy control group (N = 55), and they were asked to practice one of two emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and emotional suppression). The results showed that the chronic pain group that using emotional suppression showed more extended duration of painful expressions than the control group. Using cognitive reappraisal, the chronic pain group exhibited relatively short durations of painful expressions. This suggests that emotional suppression increases attention to pain–related information in individuals with chronic pain. To use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies is essential to reduce attention biases leading to a better adaptive daily life.

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