Table 2.
Means, Standard Deviations, and Cronbach’s Alphas for the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) by Non-Hispanic White and Native American Participants
| PCS Subscales | NHW (N=144) | NA (N=138) | Total Sample (N=282) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | α | |
| Rumination (4 items) | 4.493 | 3.744 | 0.922 | 4.341 | 3.509 | 0.897 | 4.413 | 3.620 | 0.909 |
| Magnification (3 items) | 2.104 | 2.061 | 0.716 | 2.500 | 2.331 | 0.778 | 2.297 | 2.199 | 0.749 |
| Helplessness (6 items) | 3.264 | 3.438 | 0.857 | 3.413 | 3.350 | 0.839 | 3.332 | 3.385 | 0.847 |
| Total Score (13 items) | 9.861 | 8.277 | 0.926 | 10.254 | 8.342 | 0.927 | 10.042 | 8.284 | 0.926 |
Note: α = Cronbach’s alphas.
Abbreviations: NHW, non-Hispanic white; NA, Native American; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.