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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2009 Apr 2;10(5):486–492. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.11.005

Table 2.

Correlations between SOPA-S subscales and pain adjustment variables.

SOPA-S Subscale
Disability Emotion Control Solicitude Medical Cure Medication Harm M SD
Pain Severity-P .39** .05 −.26** −.02 −.03 .28** .01 3.30 1.25
Pain Severity-S .40** .10 −.34** −.11 −.09 .16 .02 3.53 1.40
Interference-P .56** .20* −.34** .12 −.04 .20* .09 3.39 1.48
Interference-S .64** .20* −.35** .08 −.06 .08 .04 3.04 1.61
Activity-P −.29** −.05 .18 −.11 .01 −.15 −.19 2.43 .95
Activity-S −.30** −.07 .13 .09 .20* −.10 −.16 2.74 .96
Pain Behaviors-P .47** .15 −.12 .07 .05 .15 .08 40.24 16.64
Pain Behaviors-S .53** .30** −.20* .14 −.09 .29** .15 40.28 18.53
Punishing-P −.02 .09 .07 .03 −.02 −.11 −.08 1.79 1.54
Punishing-S .07 .23* .02 .04 .02 −.02 .04 1.69 1.23
Solicitous-P .23* −.03 −.17 −.08 .03 .22* .10 3.63 1.48
Solicitous-S .18 .08 −.24* −.03 −.07 .02 −.01 3.85 1.21
Distracting-P .15 −.04 −.13 −.13 .15 −.00 .09 2.33 1.39
Distracting-S .08 .02 −.27** .03 .08 −.11 .11 2.58 1.32
Nonspecific-P .39** .16 −.10 .04 −.13 .13 .13 22.42 7.49
Nonspecific-S .11 .25* .04 .20* −.01 .19 .18 21.81 7.97
Anhedonia-P .38** .17 −.11 .10 −.04 .12 .06 57.55 14.18
Anhedonia-S .27** .21* .07 .12 −.05 .21* .18 54.74 14.33
Marital Satisfaction-P −.13 −.12 .02 −.19 .00 −.01 .00 104.43 20.44
Marital Satisfaction-S −.27** −.26** −.10 −.09 −.03 −.07 −.15 105.30 18.67

N = 103–104.

*

p <.05.

**

p <.01.

Note. Activity = Activity Level; Punishing = Punishing Spouse Responses; Solicitous = Solicitous Spouse Responses; Distracting = Distracting Spouse Responses, Nonspecific = Nonspecific Depressive Symptoms; Anhedonia = Anhedonic Depressive Symptoms; -P indicates variable reported by person with pain; -S indicates variable reported by spouse.