The importance of type of question, psychological climate and subject set in interviewing children about pain

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Abstract
The child''s view of pain is a sparse area in the field of pediatric pain, with interviews providing a major investigative tool. A flurry of interview studies has appeared but their contribution in terms of increasing the pool of information is limited by the indiscriminate use of the supplied-response item format. The advantages of the generate-response format as well as the importance of psychological climate and subject set is described. Data obtained from a large-scale interview project (n = 994) on children''s views of their ongoing and past pain experiences provide some support for the interview methodology advocated here.

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