Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure of Pain-Related Support Preferences: The Pain Response Preference Questionnaire

BACKGROUND: Behavioural conceptualizations of chronic pain posit that solicitous responses to pain behaviours are positively reinforcing and play a role in the development of chronic pain and disability. Recent research suggests that studies investigating this model were likely limited by the use of...

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Main Authors: Lachlan A McWilliams, Kate M Saldanha, Bruce D Dick, Margo C Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/429767
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spelling doaj-art-03c04016a4574f7fb476bef0a2f1c4dd2025-08-20T03:55:32ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652009-01-0114646146910.1155/2009/429767Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure of Pain-Related Support Preferences: The Pain Response Preference QuestionnaireLachlan A McWilliams0Kate M Saldanha1Bruce D Dick2Margo C Watt3Department of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartments of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine & Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, CanadaBACKGROUND: Behavioural conceptualizations of chronic pain posit that solicitous responses to pain behaviours are positively reinforcing and play a role in the development of chronic pain and disability. Recent research suggests that studies investigating this model were likely limited by the use of only a few narrowly defined categories of responses to pain behaviour. A measure of preferences regarding pain-related social support has the potential to improve behavioural models of chronic pain by identifying other potentially reinforcing responses to pain behaviour.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/429767
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