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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 3.

Correlations between Factors of the Pain Medication Expectancy Questionnaire and Other Clinical Features

Clinical characteristic Pearson Correlations
Pleasure/social enhancement Pain reduction Negative experience reduction
Pain level .093 .382** .117*
Physical functioning −.056 −.237** −.034
Mental health functioning −.274** −.377** −.351**
Days of alcohol problems .123* .099 .118*
Days of drug problems .240** .285** .337**
Opioid medication misuse .490** .569** .574**
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01