Abstract
A growing body of literature in experimental pain studies suggests important ethnic differences in pain responses. However, a majority of the studies only compared African Americans with Caucasians. The purpose of the present study is to explore ethnic differences in experimental pain outcomes across multiple groups. 119 healthy undergraduate students (23 Asian, 25 African American, 37 Caucasian, and 34 Hispanic) underwent a cold-pressor task (5°C +0.1). It was found that African Americans had a significantly lower pain tolerance (M = 63.2) than both Caucasians (M= 148.92, p=.003) and Asians (M= 132.57, p= .03).
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