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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Manag Nurs. 2009 Sep 12;11(4):224–233. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.05.006

Table 2. Descriptive Statistics on the Adolescent Barriers Questionnaire.

Subscale Meana SD Alpha T1-T2b
Time 1 (n = 60)
 Monitor 1.84 1.19 .54 .63**
 Good patient 0.99 1.01 .62 .78**
 Addiction 1.78 1.56 .89 .90**
 Tolerance 1.79 1.36 .78 .72**
 Fatalism 1.38 0.95 .61 .46**
 Side effects 1.70 1.13 .67 .83**
 Parent reactions 1.28 0.90 .64 .76**
 Treatment decisions 1.44 1.32 .88 .78**
 Social activities 2.53 1.20 .71 .83**
 Pain medications in public 0.74 0.93 .68 .74**
 Undesirable tests 2.05 1.32 .86 .73**
 Total 1.62 0.74 .91 .82**
Time 2 (n = 51)
 Monitor 1.76 1.25 .70
 Good patient 1.10 1.14 .73
 Addiction 1.82 1.68 .96
 Tolerance 1.94 1.48 .91
 Fatalism 1.50 1.16 .77
 Side effects 1.66 1.20 .78
 Parent reactions 1.35 0.93 .63
 Treatment decisions 1.29 1.20 .90
 Social activities 2.51 1.29 .86
 Pain medications in public 0.64 1.01 .88
 Undesirable tests 2.43 1.49 .93
 Total 1.67 0.81 .94
a

Range for Adolescent Barriers Questionnaire scales is 0-5.

b

Correlation between Time 1 and Time 2 scores.

**

p < .01.