Assesment of anxious and depressive self-talk in chronic pain experience

Abstract

This work adapts two assessment scales of anxious and depressive self- statements, the Anxious Self-Statements Questionnaire (ASSQ) (Kendall y Hollon, 1989), and the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ) (Hollon y Kendall, 1980), respectively, to use with chronic pain patients. We analysed 205 patients from different diagnostics in Seville. We confirmed a good reliability (Cronbach's Alfa and Spearman Brown half-split procedures); structure validity (Principal Components Factor Analysis); concurrent validity, construct validity and predictive validity (Pearson's correlations, using different measures, like sensory pain parameters, negative thoughts, coping strategies, pain behaviors, locus of control and self- efficacy expectancies).