The Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale (PIPS) exploration of psychometric properties in a heterogeneous chronic pain sample

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 289-295

  Trompetter, Hester R ^a,b   Bohlmeijer, Ernst T ^b   Van Baalen, Bianca ^c   Kleen, Marco ^d   Köke, Albère ^e   Reneman, Michiel ^d   Schreurs, Karlein M G ^a,b  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Adelante Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance commitment therapy; Avoidance; PIPS; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909646272     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000191     Document Type: Article

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