The Pain Stages Of Change Questionnaire (Kerns RD, et al., Pain, 1997) measures readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain. Such an approach is considered necessary for chronic pain patients to engage in interdisciplinary cognitive-behavioral chronic pain management programs and produce successful outcomes. The PSOCQ consists of four factors: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Action and Maintenance. In this study, 100 chronic pain patients enrolled in a four-week interdisciplinary pain management program will be administered a “program evaluation” package of questionnaires at admission and discharge from the program. This package contains the PSOCQ and several other validated psychometric scales measuring pain intensity, pain-related disability, depression, health locus of control, goal accomplishment and program satisfaction. (The latter two scales are administered at discharge). The purpose of this study (ongoing) is to examine the relationships between readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain, as measured by the PSCQ, and pain management program outcomes. Typical outcomes in this program are reduced pain level and pain-related interference / improved functional status, improved mood, “good” goal accomplishment as reported by the patients, and program satisfaction. These findings largely support those of the general literature on chronic pain management outcomes. Preliminary results from the first 35 patients show that successful pain management outcomes correspond with increases in the “Action” and “Maintenance” components of the PSOCQ. It is also observed that these components themselves show substantial increases at discharge. The implications of these findings for pain management outcome will be discussed within the context of the literature on the PSOCQ and attempts to identify pre-treatment patient indicators predictive of success of chronic pain management programs. The Pain Stages Of Change Questionnaire (Kerns RD, et al., Pain, 1997) measures readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain. Such an approach is considered necessary for chronic pain patients to engage in interdisciplinary cognitive-behavioral chronic pain management programs and produce successful outcomes. The PSOCQ consists of four factors: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Action and Maintenance. In this study, 100 chronic pain patients enrolled in a four-week interdisciplinary pain management program will be administered a “program evaluation” package of questionnaires at admission and discharge from the program. This package contains the PSOCQ and several other validated psychometric scales measuring pain intensity, pain-related disability, depression, health locus of control, goal accomplishment and program satisfaction. (The latter two scales are administered at discharge). The purpose of this study (ongoing) is to examine the relationships between readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain, as measured by the PSCQ, and pain management program outcomes. Typical outcomes in this program are reduced pain level and pain-related interference / improved functional status, improved mood, “good” goal accomplishment as reported by the patients, and program satisfaction. These findings largely support those of the general literature on chronic pain management outcomes. Preliminary results from the first 35 patients show that successful pain management outcomes correspond with increases in the “Action” and “Maintenance” components of the PSOCQ. It is also observed that these components themselves show substantial increases at discharge. The implications of these findings for pain management outcome will be discussed within the context of the literature on the PSOCQ and attempts to identify pre-treatment patient indicators predictive of success of chronic pain management programs.