Pain Catastrophizing Scale.
PCS
Catastrophic thinking about pain across 3 subscales: Rumination, Magnification, Helplessness
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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)
- 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.
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