# Could Self-distancing Alter the Perception of Experimental Pain?

> **NCT05511857** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Linnaeus University** · enrollment: 292 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pain, Experimental

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Self-distancing, third-person self-talk.
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Self-immersed, first-person self-talk.
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Distraction

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05511857
- **Lead sponsor:** Linnaeus University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2022-09-07
- **Primary completion:** 2024-06-09
- **Final completion:** 2024-06-09
- **Target enrollment:** 292 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05511857

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05511857, "Could Self-distancing Alter the Perception of Experimental Pain?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05511857. Licensed CC0.

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