Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
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To examine how anxious and avoidant adult attachment styles moderate within-day associations between pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, and social coping. ⋯ Dimensions of adult attachment, anxiety and avoidance, predict different aspects of daily pain and pain coping in women with chronic pain. Findings suggest that a social development perspective can inform our understanding of adjustment to chronic pain and the creation and use of more effective prevention and treatment strategies.
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The Pain Response Preference Questionnaire (PRPQ) assesses preferences regarding pain-related social support. The initial factor analytic study of the PRPQ conducted with a nonclinical sample identified scales labeled Solicitude, Management, Suppression, and Encouragement. The first aim of the current study was to evaluate whether these scales would be appropriate for use with chronic pain patients. The construct validity of the emerging scales and their relations to pain-related disability were also investigated. ⋯ Additional factor analytic research aimed at identifying the most appropriate set of PRPQ scales is warranted. The present findings indicate that the PRPQ scales used in the current study have strong psychometric properties and hold promise as research and clinical tools.