Pain-relebant responses from significant others: development of a significant-other version of the WHYMPI scales
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 61 (2) , 245-249
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(94)00173-c
Abstract
This paper reports on the development of a measure of significant-others' reports of the frequency of their solicitous, distracting and negative responses to chronic pain patients demonstrations of pain. This significant-other version is based on analogous scales that comprise part of the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI). The 3 pain-relevant response scales were demonstrated to have adequate indices of internal consistency and criterion-related validity. The potential clinical and research utility of the measure is discussed.Keywords
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