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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Dec 15;115(1-2):51–56. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.10.007

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics, factor structure, and factor loadings of the Pain Medication Expectancy Questionnaire

Mean (SD) Factors
1 2 3
How likely is it that you would use pain medication when you want to sleep?1 4.28 (3.33) .170 .374 −.332
When you are celebrating a special occasion?2 3.82 (3.43) .560 .006 −.400
When you want to feel more romantic? 3.18 (3.08) 1.017 −.005 .170
When you want to feel sexier? 3.08 (3.07) .897 −.042 −.024
When you want to be more talkative? 3.34 (3.23) .893 .022 −.027
When you want to enjoy sex more? 3.68 (3.42) .880 .064 .132
When you want to feel more outgoing? 3.73 (3.35) .872 .091 −.017
When you want to laugh more? 3.31 (3.17) .836 .004 −.103
When you want to be more humorous? 3.19 (3.05) .808 .006 −.126
When you want to feel more creative? 3.27 (3.05) .808 −.021 −.141
When you want to feel more awake? 3.36 (3.23) .792 .053 −.059
When you want to be more assertive? 3.34 (3.16) .782 .058 −.138
When you want to feel brave? 3.28 (3.23) .782 −.016 −.178
When you want to feel less shy? 3.39 (3.30) .776 −.036 −.193
When you want to feel more capable? 3.80 (3.35) .773 .242 .042
When you want to feel more confident? 3.61 (3.23) .720 .075 −.203
When you want to open up or express yourself? 3.33 (3.06) .661 −.011 −.288
When you want to feel less self-critical? 3.38 (3.17) .601 .001 −.362
When you want to decrease your feelings of hostility (anger)? 3.73 (3.35) .594 .036 −.279
When you want to feel less pain? 6.84 (3.37) .003 .912 .050
When you have extreme pain? 7.68 (3.22) −.160 .904 .025
When you have moderate pain? 5.47 (3.07) .021 .752 −.177
When you want to feel better physically? 5.61 (3.61) .357 .730 .146
When you want to feel better after physical activity? 5.08 (3.53) .354 .727 .140
When you have a little pain? 4.65 (3.15) .044 .663 −.234
To help get through your work? (work at home or employment) 4.72 (3.30) .150 .606 −.157
If you have a headache? 5.86 (3.15) −.117 .507 −.304
When you want to forget your problems? 4.32 (3.70) .145 .051 −.779
When you want to forget? 3.80 (3.38) .111 .064 −.778
When you want to be less in touch with what is going on around you? 3.89 (3.49) .186 .015 −.741
When you want to worry less? 4.01 (3.30) .093 .134 −.737
When you want to feel less guilt? 4.03 (3.64) .329 −.034 −.663
When you are drinking alcohol? 3.22 (3.05) .000 .111 −.658
When you want to enjoy a party? 4.05 (3.49) .232 .127 −.640
When you want to relax? 4.96 (3.53) .016 .444 −.571
When you want to feel less frustrated? 4.03 (3.41) .366 .075 −.568
When you want to feel happy? 4.30 (3.58) .280 .186 −.554
When you want to feel less lonely? 3.58 (3.29) .476 −.073 −.547
When you want to have a better time? 4.03 (3.45) .372 .089 −.532
When you want to feel less tense? 4.62 (3.39) .230 .311 −.520

Note: SD = standard deviation.

1

Item not assigned to factor due to low factor loading.

2

Item not assigned to factor due to cross-loading. Method of factor extraction based on principal components analysis. Method of rotation was Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization.