Pain Catastrophizing Scale.

PCS

What it measures

Catastrophic thinking about pain across 3 subscales: Rumination, Magnification, Helplessness

Length and format

13 items. 5-point frequency (0 not at all to 4 all the time); total 0-52 (>=30 clinically significant) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Dozens of languages (one of the most translated pain-psychology measures)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Sullivan, M. J. L., Bishop, S. R., & Pivik, J. (1995). The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: development and validation. Psychological Assessment, 7(4), 524-532.