Incorporating Family Function into Chronic Pain Disability: The Role of Catastrophizing

Table 1

Psychometric properties of measures used in the study.

Variable	Indicators	N. item	α	M	SD
FAD	Problem-solving	6	0.70	1.87	0.37
	Communication	9	0.72	2.36	0.62
	Roles	11	0.71	2.35	0.52
PCS	Rumination	4	0.71	12.35	3.12
	Magnification	3	0.66	4.96	3.06
	Helplessness	6	0.78	10.56	5.28
TSK		17	0.80	20.51	6.02
RDQ		24	0.84	11.11	5.17
VAS		1		54.9	23.44
Dep		14	0.94	12.32	9.84

Note. FAD, Family Assessment Device; PCS, Pain Catastrophizing Scale; TSK, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia; RDQ, Roland and Morris Disability Questionnaire; VAS, visual analogue scale; Dep, depression subscale of DASS; N. item, number of items.