Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorSütterlin, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorEgner, Lars E.
dc.contributor.authorLugo, Ricardo G.
dc.contributor.authorWojniusz, Slawomir
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T13:00:14Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T13:00:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2373792
dc.description.abstractCreating an optimized health care environment to maximize the probability and magnitude of placebo effects draws on a number of well-researched mechanisms such as the patient’s positive expectation toward treatment outcome. Patient-centered communication styles influence expectations and can thus be considered as a form of supplemental treatment. Unconsciously processed contextual triggering and facilitating placebo effects are omnipresent in clinical settings as well as in all other social and physical environments. Contextual cues in both the social and physical domain exert influences on the recipient’s emotional state and recreational experiences. While the majority of research focuses on improving the patients’ expectations, classical conditioning effects of nonsocial contextual factors have been largely neglected in discussions on practical implementation of placebo-enhancing environments. Built on the empirically well-supported argument that conditioning processes act as a powerful tool to mobilize self-healing resources just as verbally induced expectations do, we argue for a stronger consideration of the effects of permanent, nonsocial and nonverbal environmental contexts. Environmental psychology is a new field of research within the psychological domain and offers a toolbox of opportunities for medical psychological research and health care practitioners to improve the treatment outcomes and benefits of health care environmentsnb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 3.0 Norge*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/no/*
dc.titleBeyond expectation: a case for nonpersonal contextual factors in a more comprehensive approach to the placebo effect and the contribution of environmental psychologynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber259—262nb_NO
dc.source.volume2015nb_NO
dc.source.journalPsychology Research and Behavior Managementnb_NO
dc.source.issue8nb_NO
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S91774


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 3.0 Norge
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 3.0 Norge