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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2019 Feb 2;273:746–752. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.101
When I feel mental pain,
Not true   Very true

1. I believe that my pain will go away. 1 2 3 4 5
2. I cannot concentrate because of my pain. 1 2 3 4 5
3. I suffer veiy much. 1 2 3 4 5
4. I believe that time will make the pain disappear. 1 2 3 4 5
5. I cannot contain the pain inside me. 1 2 3 4 5
6. I believe that if I do the right thing, the pain will disappear. 1 2 3 4 5
7. I cannot get the pain out of my mind. 1 2 3 4 5
8. Although it’s tough to bear the pain, I know that it will go away. 1 2 3 4 5
9. I believe that I will find a way to reduce the pain. 1 2 3 4 5
10. The pain is too much to take. 1 2 3 4 5

Factor Managing the Pain: items 2, 3, 5, 7, and 10. Reverse all scores.

Factor Enduring the Pain: items 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9.