Can Sensory- and Attachment-Informed Approaches Modify the Perception of Pain? An Experimental Study

Table 2

Details of participant study variables presented according to coping strategy, compared using ANOVA, N = 272.

Variable	Sensory modality			Secure base priming			Comparison group			F
	M	SD	Range	M	SD	Range	M	SD	Range
Age (years)	37.6	16.2	18–86	36.0	12.4	20–65	29.5	12.7	18–64	9.78
DASS
Depression	3.6	5.7	0–24	3.0	4.0	0–20	5.3	6.3	0–38	4.34
Anxiety	4.6	6.6	0–32	4.2	4.3	0–18	5.1	5.1	0–26	0.74
Stress	7.2	7.1	0–30	6.2	5.0	0–22	11.1	8.6	0–40	11.97
AASP
Low-reg	32.2	7.4	14–52	34.3	7.8	22–57	33.3	7.1	19–50	1.63
Seeking	46.6	8.7	2–66	47.5	6.7	28–61	48.8	7.8	24–66	2.00
Sensitivity	33.7	8.5	13–51	36.0	8.4	20–57	34.7	7.7	18–59	1.52
Avoiding	34.7	8.3	12–57	35.4	9.1	19–65	33.98	7.5	19–53	0.72
ECR
Anxiety	19.2	5.8	6–34	20.7	6.22	6–34	14.9	6.6	6–33	2.11
Avoidance	15.9	7.2	6–35	15.3	5.97	6–33	17.1	6.5	6–33	1.91
Pain threshold (seconds)	55.1	72.3	1–240	63.8	81.65	2–240	23.6	19.5	0–110	15.26
Pain tolerance (seconds)	174.5	88.5	18–240	173.6	81.09	25–240	183.3	82.4	1–240	0.41
Average pain intensity (0–100)	55.5	24.3	7.1–100	47.3	22.0	4.7–95	47.4	21.8	0–90	3.69

Note. DASS = Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Questionnaire; AASP = adult/adolescent sensory profile; ECR = experiences in close relationship scale; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.