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ERIC Number: EJ523917
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-3590
The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Development and Validation.
Sullivan, Michael J. L.; And Others
Psychological Assessment, v7 n4 p524-32 Dec 1995
A series of 4 studies involving 547 college students and community adults report the development of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, its validity with clinical and nonclinical samples, and its correlation with measures of related constructs. The scale provides information about heightened responses to aversive procedures or events. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Negative Attitudes, Responses, Test Construction, Test Validity, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Aversive Events; Pain Catastrophizing Scale; Pain Tolerance
Note: Research supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Dalhousie University, and the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group Foundation. Portions of the article were presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association (100th, Washington, DC and 101st, Toronto, Canada).