Beales J G, Keen J H, Holt P J
J Rheumatol. 1983 Feb;10(1):61-5.
Interviews conducted among 39 children with juvenile chronic arthritis supported the hypothesis that the meaning which the child attributes to sensations originating in his joints influences the extent to which those sensations constitute pain. Children in both 6-11 and 12-17 age groups reported similar qualities of sensation from their affected joints, but the older children attributed a more unpleasant meaning to their sensations because of their greater understanding of the significance of internal pathology. By association, the 12-17s consequently reported joint sensations specifically, as more unpleasant and stronger than did the 6-11s.
对39名青少年慢性关节炎患儿进行的访谈支持了这样一种假设，即儿童赋予源自其关节的感觉的意义会影响这些感觉构成疼痛的程度。6至11岁和12至17岁年龄组的儿童报告的患关节感觉性质相似，但年龄较大的儿童因其对内部病理意义有更深刻的理解，赋予其感觉更不愉快的意义。因此，通过联想，12至17岁的儿童报告的关节感觉比6至11岁的儿童更不愉快、更强烈。
