Coping Strategies Questionnaire (pain).

CSQ

What it measures

Cognitive and behavioral strategies for coping with pain: diverting attention, reinterpreting pain sensations, coping self-statements, ignoring pain sensations, praying/hoping, catastrophizing, increasing behavioral activity; + control/effectiveness ratings

Length and format

~44-50 (6 items per strategy + 2 effectiveness items); CSQ-Revised 27 items. 7-point frequency (0 never to 6 always) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

FR (CSQ-F), DE (CSQ-D), IT, and others

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Rosenstiel, A. K., & Keefe, F. J. (1983). The use of coping strategies in chronic low back pain patients: relationship to patient characteristics and current adjustment. Pain, 17(1), 33-44.