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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2003 Dec;25(4):219–227. doi: 10.1023/a:1025817111293

Table 4.

Comparison of three pain coping profile groups on MVA characteristics.

Dysfunctional Interpersonally Distressed Adaptive Coper Effect size p
(n = 36) (n = 25) (n = 24)
Fear (0-100) 79.7 (34.65) 82.8 (26.84) 68.3 (35.31) .03 n.s.
Helplessness (0-100) 90.4 (20.51) 82.3 (26.05) 85.4 (23.72) .02 n.s.
Danger (0-100) 77.2 (35.81) 81.6 (28.83) 64.2 (39.19) .04 n.s.
Perceived control during MVA (0-100) 10.0 (23.62) 18.6 (36.86) 19.6 (33.68) .02 n.s.
Certainty would die (0-100) 44.2 (46.25) 44.5 (44.57) 34.0 (39.70) .01 n.s.
Litigation (% yes)    28 (78%)    18 (72%)    22 (92%) .07 n.s.