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CHARRY, Claudia L. E  y  SILVA, José Aparecido Da. Measurement of remembered pain in school-age children: gender and age differences. Temas psicol. [online]. 2010, vol.18, n.2, pp. 377-384. ISSN 1413-389X.

This study aims to examine possible differences in remembered-pain measurement in school-age children, considering gender and age as variables. The sample consisted on 91 children, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years from two different schools of Ribeirão Preto (SP). Children assessed the intensity of a recent painful experience using two scales: Faces Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R) and Coloured Analogue Scale (CAS). Tests revealed small differences between boys and girls. Comparisons between 6-7 and 8-10 years old groups were not significant. Future research should consider variables like time interval since the pain event and its measurement in addition to the frequency of the remembered experience.

Palabras clave : Remembered pain; Children; Differences; Gender; Age.

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