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. 2017 Jul 25;43(3):314–325. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx103

Table II.

Summary of Psychometric Evaluation for Cognitive-Affective Measures Validated in Youth With Chronic Pain

Measure Number of author groups Age (years) Available psychometrics
Rating
Reliability Validity
BAPQ pain-specific scale 6 studies; 3 author groups 11–18 Internal consistency = 0.83 (pain management sample); 0.88 (rheumatology samples) Test–retest reliability (17 days) = 0.77 Convergent validity Well established
FOPQ-C 5 studies; 2 author groups 8–17 Internal consistency = 0.92 Test–retest reliability (4 weeks) = 0.65–0.74 Construct validity Well established
Criterion-related validity
Exploratory factor analysis
PCS-C 30 studies; 23 author groups 8–16 Internal consistency = 0.90 Test–retest reliability (5 months) = 0.71 Construct validity Well established
Exploratory factor analysis Confirmatory factor analysis
PCQ-IC 18 studies; 10 author groups 8–18 Internal consistency = 0.70 Construct validity Well established
Exploratory factor analysis Confirmatory factor analysis
PRI—catastrophizing subscale 7 studies; 3 author groups 5–18 Internal consistency = 0.84 Construct validity Well established
Confirmatory factor analysis
PPFQ 1 study; 1 author group 12–21 Internal consistency = 0.83–0.89 Construct validity Promising assessment (only used in one peer-reviewed article)
PHODA-Youth 1 study; 1 author group 13–21 Internal consistency = 0.98 Test–retest reliability (4 weeks) = 0.94 Construct validity Well establisheda
Exploratory factor analysis
a

Since the search date of this review, one further author team (Simons et al., 2017) published on the PHODA-Youth in young people with chronic pain, meaning this measure is now well established.

Note. Bath Adolescent Pain Questionnaire = BAPQ; Fear of Pain Questionnaire for Children = FOPQ-C; Pain Catastrophizing Scale for Children = PCS-C; Pain Coping Questionnaire internalizing/catastrophizing = PCQ-IC; Pain Response Inventory = PRI; Pediatric Pain Fear Questionnaire = PPFQ; Photograph Series of Daily Activities = PHODA-Youth.