Pain and Stress Measures from a Multimodal Art Intervention Study

Experimental data from a repeated-measures study of 42 female participants investigating the pain- and stress-reducing effects of music, visual art, and combined multimodal aesthetic experiences. The dataset includes measures of global pain perception, pain intensity, pain affect, pain tolerance, subjective stress reports, and autonomic (ECG, EDA, salivary alpha-amylase) and endocrine (salivary cortisol) activity. It was authored by Anna Fekete and last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between trait absorption and pain tolerance based on the reported statistical association.
• Comparing pain tolerance durations across music, visual art, and multimodal intervention conditions.
• Investigating individual differences in pain and stress responses based on measures of trait empathy and absorption.
• Modeling the effects of aesthetic distraction on self-reported pain intensity and affect.

Strengths

• Includes data from 42 participants in a controlled, repeated-measures experimental design.
• Captures multiple pain and stress response modalities: subjective reports, autonomic activity (ECG, EDA), and endocrine markers (cortisol, alpha-amylase).
• Provides specific statistical results, such as pain tolerance means and standard deviations for each condition.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The participant pool consists solely of 42 females, which limits generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Anna Fekete via figshare

Collection Method

Data collected in a lab study using a cold pressor test to induce pain and stress under different aesthetic intervention conditions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 17:36:54; freshness should be verified.