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Keywords
Chronic pain--Psychological aspects; Chronic pain--Treatment; Psychometrics; Chronic pain--Psychological aspects; Chronic pain--Treatment; Psychometrics; Academic theses;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Pain Related Self-Statements Scale (PRSS) in a college sample. Specifically, the purpose was to replicate the two factor structure of the PRSS, evaluate the instrument's internal consistency, and examine the convergent validity of the PRSS with other measures of coping with pain. The PRSS is a measure of "situation specific" cognitive coping strategies for individuals suffering from chronic pain. The instrument has two subscales: Catastrophizing and Active Coping. Participants in this study were undergraduate psychology students. Each student was given a packet of self-report measures including a background information questionnaire, the Pain-Related Control Scale (PRCS), the Crandell Cognitions Inventory (CCI), the Inventory of Negative Thoughts in Response to Pain (INTRP), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) , the Cognitions Checklist (CCL) , the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), and the Pain Related Self Statements Scale (PRSS) . The participants were instructed to complete the questionnaires and return them to the psychology department office within 24 hours. Exploratory factor analyses replicated the two factor structure of the PRSS. Factor loadings for the items indicated good stability for each item. The Cronbach alpha value for the Coping subscale indicated satisfactory internal consistency for this scale. The Catastrophizing subscale alpha index, however, was low. The low to moderate Pearson correlations of the PRSS with other measures of cognitive and behavioral coping support evidence of concurrent validity for the PRSS subscales. Specifically, the PRSS-Catastrophizing scale had a substantial and significant correlation with the CSQ Catastrophizing subscale. Additionally, the PRSS-Coping subscale and the adaptive coping scales of the CSQ and BSI yielded moderate and significant correlation coefficients. Overall, the data provided satisfactory support of previous research regarding the psychometric properties of the PRSS. The low alpha index for the PRSS-Catastrophizing subscale requires further replication in other nonclinical populations. The implications, limitations, and directions for further research were also discussed.
Year of Submission
1997
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Augustine Osman
Second Advisor
Francisco X. Barrios
Third Advisor
Julia E. Wallace
Date Original
1997
Object Description
1 PDF file (97 leaves)
Copyright
©1997 Howard D. Griffin
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Griffin, Howard D., "The Pain Related Self-Statements Scale (PRSS): Psychometric Properties in a College Sample" (1997). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2791.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2791
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