Pain-relevant responses from significant others: development of a significant-other version of the WHYMPI scales.
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.
Kerns
Robert D
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West Haven VA Medical Center, USA Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Rosenberg
Roberta
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D015203:Reproducibility of Results