Coping Strategies Questionnaire (pain).
CSQ
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
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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)
- 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.
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