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The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: Further Psychometric Evaluation with Adult Samples
Abstract
Previous studies with undergraduates have provided support for the reliability and oblique three-factor structure of a new scale, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). We examined the reliability and validity of the PCS in adult community and pain outpatient samples. The PCS showed a high internal consistency in both groups. Using data from the community sample, confirmatory factor analyses showed that the PCS taps a single construct characterized by three related dimensions. Gender differences were obtained on the PCS total score in the community and the outpatient samples. The analyses also showed significant differences between the community and the outpatient samples on the PCS total and subscales. Overall, the results showed strong evidence of criterion-related, concurrent, and discriminant validity for the PCS in the community sample. Limitations of the present study are discussed.
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“The PCS has demonstrated good convergent and divergent validity and excellent internal consistency (α = 0.95) in a sample of chronic pain patients.35”
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“The PCS has excellent psychometric properties [17].”
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“For chronic pain, it demonstrates excellent short-term testretest reliability, excellent internal consistency for the full scale, and satisfactory criterion, construct, and content validity (Osman et al., 2000;Sullivan et al., 1995).”
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“The PCS has been shown to have adequate to excellent internal consistency and validity [49, 51].”
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“The PCS has demonstrated strong evidence of internal consistency, test–retest reliability, concurrent validity, and construct validity in undergraduate, community, or outpatient chronic pain samples [33–35].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Osman, A., Barrios, F. X., Gutierrez, P. M., Kopper, B. A., Merrifield, T., & Grittmann, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Northern Iowa (US)
- Northern Illinois University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Osman, Augustine
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2000-08
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 351-365
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- OpenAlex
- W143360667
- Cited by
- 944
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 55 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 46 · 2016: 57 · 2015: 44 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 43 · 2012: 47
- FWCI
- 1.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- Pain Catastrophizing Scale, pain catastrophizing, psychometric validation, scale reliability, factor structure, gender differences, community-dwelling adults, criterion validity, discriminant validity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Pain Measurement, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Sick Role, Reproducibility of Results
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