Table 1.

Item‐total correlations for the subscales of the FPQ‐III

FPQ‐III Item # and Item:		r
I FEAR THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH:
Fear of Medical/Dental pain
8.	Having a blood sample drawn with a hypodermic needle	0.63
11.	Receiving an injection in your arm	0.62
14.	Receiving an injection in you hip/buttocks	0.68
15.	Having a deep splinter in the sole of your foot probed and removed with tweezers	0.64
16.	Having an eye doctor remove a foreign particle stuck in your eye	0.51
17.	Receiving an injection in your mouth	0.69
20.	Receiving stitches in your lip	0.67
21.	Having a foot doctor remove a wart from your foot with a sharp instrument	0.66
26.	Having a tooth pulled	0.65
29.	Having one of your teeth drilled	0.66
Fear of Minor Pain
2.	Biting your tongue while eating	0.56
4.	Cutting your tongue licking an envelope	0.59
7.	Hitting a sensitive bone in your elbow‐your ‘funny’ bone	0.64
12.	Burning your fingers with a match	0.58
19.	Getting a papercut on your finger	0.70
22.	Cutting yourself while shaving with a sharp razor	0.64
23.	Gulping a hot drink before it has cooled	0.67
24.	Getting strong soap in both your eyes while bathing or showering	0.69
28.	Having sand or dust blow into your eyes	0.63
30.	Having a muscle cramp	0.57
Fear of Severe Pain
1.	Being in an automobile accident	0.64
3.	Breaking your arm	0.75
5.	Having a heavy object hit you in the head	0.76
6.	Breaking your leg	0.80
9.	Having someone slam a heavy car door on your hand	0.81
10.	Falling down a flight of concrete stairs	0.77
13.	Breaking your neck	0.79
18.	Being burned on your face by a lit cigarette	0.70
25.	Having a terminal illness that causes you daily pain	0.69
27.	Vomiting repeatedly because of food poisoning	0.63

n = 550 (275 chronic pain patients and 275 undergraduates).