Abstract
The Communal Coping Model (CCM) suggests that individuals with chronic pain (ICPs) engage in catastrophic thinking about pain in order to garner social support. However, the CCM has been questioned because it assumes that support persons recognize ICP pain catastrophizing, which is an internal process. No previous research has tested how significant others of ICPs perceive ICP pain catastrophizing. The aims of this study were to assess concordance between ICP reports of pain catastrophizing (as measured by the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, PCS) and significant others' perceptions of ICP catastrophic thinking (as measured by a modified version of the PCS) and to test pain duration, relationship satisfaction, and sex as predictors of disagreement.
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