SCALING THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN OF PAIN - A STUDY OF THE DIMENSIONALITY OF VERBAL DESCRIPTORS
SCALING THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN OF PAIN - A STUDY OF THE DIMENSIONALITY OF VERBAL DESCRIPTORS
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DOI：
10.1016/0304-3959(94)00226-5
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发表时间：
1995-07-01
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影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
PALLIN, V
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作者：
MORLEY, S;PALLIN, V
本研究探讨了情感言语描述语的多维结构，并考察了描述语量表的个体差异。患有慢性腰痛、慢性头痛和类风湿性关节炎的患者（每组25名）和25名年龄和性别匹配的对照受试者对一组12个语言描述符进行相似性判断，例如，糟糕悲惨他们还完成了应对策略问卷，医院焦虑和抑郁量表，麦吉尔疼痛问卷简表，以及语言智力的测量。相似性数据进行个体差异多维尺度（ALSCAL）和由此产生的主题权重相关的组成员和问卷数据。情感描述符的多维性得到了证实。确定了一个4维解决方案：前3个维度与以前的研究结果相当，并标记为耐受性，注意力集中和轻微的情绪反应。第四个维度是神秘的，可归因于背痛组。有显着差异的组之间的权重的尺寸和他们的自我报告的应对策略。结果进行了讨论，参考早期的研究和跨研究的一致性程度的注意。的概念化和测量的情感领域的疼痛报告的结果的影响进行了概述。
This study evaluated the multidimensional structure of affective verbal descriptors and investigated individual differences in the scaling of the descriptors. Patients with chronic low back pain, chronic headache and rheumatoid arthritis (25 per group) and 25 control subjects, matched for age and sex, made similarity judgements of a set of 12 verbal descriptors, e.g., awful, miserable. They also completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, McGill Pain Questionnaire Short Form, and a measure of verbal intelligence. The similarity data were subjected to individual differences multidimensional scaling (ALSCAL) and the resulting subject weights were related to group membership and the questionnaire data. The multidimensional nature of affective descriptors was confirmed. A 4-dimensional solution was identified: the first 3 dimensions were comparable with previous findings and labeled Tolerability, Focus of Attention and Minor Emotional Reaction. The 4th dimension was enigmatic and attributable to the back pain group. There were significant differences between the groups in their weighting of the dimensions and in their self-reported coping strategies. The results are discussed with reference to an earlier study and the degree of consistency across the studies is noted. Implications of the results for the conceptualisation and measurement of the affective domain of pain report are outlined.