title: A translation of the Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) from English to Japanese.
abstract: This paper introduces the Japanese translation of the Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS), a 101 item questionnaire which has been demonstrated to possess a number of advantages over the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ). We also review validation and other studies which used translations of MAPS into Chinese, Czech, Italian and Russian to study cancer related and chronic pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biopsychology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA. hobaram@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hobara
authors.forename: Hisaya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: W Crawford
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Ralph N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Wharton
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017288:Pain Threshold; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires