Gaining the Upper Hand? Further Evidence of Pain as a Pleasurable Experience and the Unexpected Relationship Between Sadomasochistic Sexual Preference and Chronic Pain.

Eur J Pain · 2026 · PMC12882782 · PMID 41653432

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almost reached significancep < 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Moreover, in the analysis of the original, unmatched sample, sex almost reached significance in the final model ( p < 0.052; see Supporting Information ), with men showing a slightly higher likelihood.

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