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Although questionnaire studies suggest that self\u2010talk may be effective in chronic pain management, experimental evidence remains scarce.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our three within\u2010subject experiments employed a cold pressor task to investigate the effects of self\u2010talk content (self\u2010compassionate or motivational) and its referential form (first\u2010, second\u2010, or third\u2010person self\u2010reference) on pain experience, assessed via self\u2010reported pain intensity and high\u2010frequency heart rate variability (HRV_HFn).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Experiment 1 (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200938) examined self\u2010compassionate self\u2010talk. Both experimental conditions (\u201cI\u201d and \u201cYou\u201d self\u2010talk) resulted in lower pain ratings than a control condition involving neutral statements; however, pain ratings did not differ between the two self\u2010talk conditions. Experiment 2 (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200948) examined motivational self\u2010talk. As in Experiment 1, both \u201cI\u201d and \u201cYou\u201d self\u2010talk conditions lowered pain ratings relative to the control condition, with no effect of referential form. Experiment 3 (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200981) focused exclusively on referential form, contrasting first\u2010, second\u2010, and third\u2010person self\u2010talk (the latter using participants' name). Pain ratings did not differ among the \u201cI\u201d, \u201cYou\u201d, and \u201cName\u201d conditions. Across three experiments, the hypothesized effects on HRV_HFn were not observed.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although prior research has emphasized the benefits of non\u2010first\u2010person self\u2010reference for reducing threat appraisal and emotional reactivity, our findings suggest that the effects of self\u2010talk on pain depend on its content rather than its referential form. The HRV results are more consistent with studies reporting weak or absent associations between HRV indices and pain intensity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Significance Statement<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study provides experimental evidence that self\u2010talk content\u2014rather than its referential form\u2014influences pain ratings in healthy participants. Self\u2010compassionate and motivational self\u2010talk resulted in lower pain ratings compared with neutral control conditions, whereas first\u2010, second\u2010 and third\u2010person forms showed no differential effects. This work suggests that simple, content\u2010focused self\u2010talk strategies may offer a safe, low\u2010cost and easily implementable adjunct to pain self\u2010management approaches.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ejp.70408","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T14:51:27Z","timestamp":1791557487000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["How the Content and Referential Form of Self\u2010Talk Influence Experimental Pain"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"30","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4295-8308","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ma\u0142gorzata M.","family":"Puchalska\u2010Wasyl","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomasz","family":"Jankowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mateusz","family":"Chwaszcz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paulina","family":"Chyziak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iwona","family":"Derecka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Jankowska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zuzanna","family":"Nowakowska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychology The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  Lublin Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnaa178"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpain.2021.06.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000003161"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2019.01088"},{"issue":"6","key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","first-page":"14","article-title":"Self\u2010Regulation: The Role of Heart Rate Variability","volume":"26","author":"Brown M. 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