Painfully Sensitive: How Sensory Processing Sensitivity Affects Healthy Adolescents’ Perception of Pain
Our findings reveal that highly sensitive adolescents had the lowest ratings of measured pain tolerance and threshold measures at baseline, suggesting heightened sensitivity to pain. This highlights the importance of considering sensory processing sensitivity in pain research, particularly in adolescent populations.
Authors
- Cosima Locher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-0590)
- Michael Pluess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-2047)
- Joe Kossowsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6272-6259)
- Francesca Lionetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6029-0121)
- Helen Koechlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6680-8027)
- S. Wehrli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1790-3890)
- Jana Hochreuter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4120-7127)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of Surrey (GB)
- University of Chieti-Pescara (IT)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain Research
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s473575
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung