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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2008 Sep 7;140(1):135–144. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.07.024

Table 1.

Associations between catastrophizing, depressive symptoms, and pain responses.

SS Catastrophizing PCS BDI
Heat Pain Threshold −.40** .09 .07
Pressure Pain Threshold −.25 .13 −.11
Heat Pain Ratings .35* .29 .06
Cold Pain Ratings .48** −.12 −.01
Cold Pain Tolerance −.29 −.01 −.38*

SS= “situation-specific”; PCS= Pain Catastrophizing Scale; BDI= Beck depression Inventory