Psychometric Evaluation and Refinement of the Pain Response Preference Questionnaire

Lachlan A McWilliams; John Kowal; Donald Sharpe; Bruce D Dick

doi:10.1155/2014/532678

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

Psychometric Evaluation and Refinement of the Pain Response Preference Questionnaire

Lachlan A McWilliams,
John Kowal,
Donald Sharpe,
Bruce D Dick

Affiliations

Lachlan A McWilliams: Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
John Kowal: Department of Psychology, The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Donald Sharpe: Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bruce D Dick: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/532678
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 42 – 48

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The Pain Response Preference Questionnaire (PRPQ) assesses preferences regarding pain-related social support. The initial factor analytical study of the PRPQ produced four empirically supported scales labelled Solicitude, Management, Encouragement and Suppression. A second study produced similar findings, but suggested that the Management and Encouragement scales be combined into a single scale labelled Activity Direction.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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