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9989316

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
Based on extensive research with animals, classical conditioning theorists have come to regard contingency as the primary factor in the development of conditioned responses. However, recent experimental work with humans has suggested the possibility that participant expectations may also directly contribute to the development of conditioned responses. To date, this phenomenon has not been investigated in clinical settings. Anticipatory nausea (AN) in chemotherapy patients, widely viewed as the best established example of classical conditioning in clinical medicine, provides an opportunity to examine the contributions of patient expectations to the development of a conditioned response outside the laboratory. The present study of 59 breast cancer patients supported the hypothesis that pretreatment patient expectations make a significant (p < .03) contribution to the development of AN after statistically controlling for the strongest conditioning predictor, contingency. These data imply that patient expectations should be considered when evaluating conditioned responses to aversive medical treatments.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0883-6612
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Patients' pretreatment expectations of chemotherapy-related nausea are an independent predictor of anticipatory nausea.
pubmed:affiliation
Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.