The preview section of this chapter presented arepeated-measures research study

The preview section of this chapter presented arepeated-measures research study demonstrating that swearing canhelp reduce pain (Stephens Atkins and Kingston 2009). In thestudy each participant was asked to plunge a hand into icy waterand keep it there as long as the pain would allow. In onecondition the participants repeated their favorite curse wordswhile their hands were in the water. In the other condition theparticipants repeated a neutral word.Data similar to the resultsobtained in the study are shown in the following table: Amount ofTime (in seconds) Participant Swear Words Neutral Words 1 94 59 270 61 3 52 47 4 83 60 5 46 35 6 117 92 7 69 53 8 39 30 9 51 56 1073 61