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Science 17 May 1974:
Vol. 184. no. 4138, pp. 806 - 808
DOI: 10.1126/science.184.4138.806
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Factors of Human Chronic Pain: An Analysis of Personality and Pain Reaction Variables

Gretchen Timmermans 1 and Richard A. Sternbach 2

1 Pain Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego, California 92161
2 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92037, and Pain Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego

Factor analysis of pain and personality test data obtained from 119 patients with chronic pain syndromes yields seven factors: four composed of personality measures, two involving different psychophysical pain measures, and one sex-related factor. The chief factors, comprising more than 50 percent of the total variance, are "interpersonal alienation and manipulativeness," "clinical pain intensity", and "pain endurance."


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