Ethnic differences in pain coping: Factor structure of the coping strategies questionnaire and coping strategies questionnaire-revised

• Published in: The journal of pain Vol. 5; no. 6; pp. 304 - 316
• Main Authors: Hastie, Barbara A., Riley, Joseph L., Fillingim, Roger B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; African Americans - psychology; Analysis of Variance; CSQ; CSQ-Revised; ethnic differences; European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain - ethnology; Pain - psychology; pain coping; Pain Measurement - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; CSQ; pain coping; CSQ-Revised; ethnic differences

Coping has been examined extensively in the pain literature, although coping instruments have been typically validated in clinical populations with little ethnic diversity. This study examined the factor structure of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) and the CSQ-Revised (CSQ-R) in 650 health...