Event centrality refers to the extent to which an individual construes a stressful experience as central to their life story and identity. For instance, after suffering a spinal cord injury, a person may strongly identify themselves as a ‘person with a disability,’ or even a ‘chronic pain patient’ depending on their recovery status and the severity of their injury. Calling oneself a ‘person with a disability’ or a ‘chronic pain patient’ then forms a reference point for their personal identity. A plethora of studies have demonstrated that event centrality is related to a wide variety of stress-related outcomes, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and physical health symptoms. Event centrality has also been recently shown to be associated with pain intensity in patients with chronic pain. The current study examined the relationship between event centrality, pain intensity, and perceived disability in a sample of 55 spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Event centrality was significantly correlated with pain intensity (r = .36) and perceived disability (r = .56). Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that event centrality accounted for variance in pain intensity (R2 change = .19) and perceived disability (R2 change = .32) after accounting for demographic variables (gender, age, education, income), level of SCI, and time since injury. Additional analysis of recovery expectancies indicated that higher event centrality was not associated with expectancies regarding change in pain status, but was associated with less positive expectancies regarding resumption of work, social, and recreational activities (r = -.34 to -.40). These findings extend previous results that event centrality is a salient correlate of pain intensity. Findings are discussed in terms of the importance of cognitive construals of stressful experiences and their ability to influence pain outcomes.