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Published in: Quality of Life Research 5/2015

01-05-2015 | Brief Communication

Cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of Pain Catastrophizing Scale among young healthy Malay-speaking adults in military settings

Authors: F. H. Mohd Din, Victor C. W. Hoe, C. K. Chan, M. A. Muslan

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 5/2015

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Abstract

Purpose

The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) is designed to assess negative thoughts in response to pain. It is composed of three domains: helplessness, rumination, and magnification. We report on the translation, adaptation, and validation of scores on a Malay-speaking version of the PCS, the PCS-MY.

Method

Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptations of assessment measures were implemented. A sample of 303 young military recruits participated in the study. Factor structure, reliability, and validity of scores on the PCS-MY were examined. Convergent validity was investigated with the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, Short-form 12 version 2, and Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale.

Results

Most participants were men, ranging in age from 19 to 26. The reliability of the PCS-MY scores was adequate (α = 0.90; mean inter-item correlation = 0.43). Confirmatory factor analysis showed that a modified version of the PCS-MY provided best fit estimates to the sample data. The PCS-MY total score was negatively correlated with mental well-being and positively correlated with negative affect (all ps < 0.001).

Conclusion

The PCS-MY was demonstrated to have adequate reliability and validity estimates in the study sample.
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Metadata
Title
Cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of Pain Catastrophizing Scale among young healthy Malay-speaking adults in military settings
Authors
F. H. Mohd Din
Victor C. W. Hoe
C. K. Chan
M. A. Muslan
Publication date
01-05-2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Quality of Life Research / Issue 5/2015
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0850-1

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