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The Pain Behaviour Checklist: Factor analysis and validation
Author(s) -
Anciano Damien
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1986.tb00709.x
Subject(s) - checklist , psychology , migraine , tension headache , clinical psychology , psychometrics , chronic pain , psychiatry , cognitive psychology
A factor analysis was performed on Philips & Hunter's (1981) Pain Behaviour Checklist for headache sufferers. Three intuitively meaningful factors emerged. All were similarly associated with overall intensity; pain severity does not determine type of pain behaviour. Differences in pain behaviour emerged between migraine and tension headache groups.