Table 4 Results from factor analyses in the children. Factor loadings and communalities based on a maximum likelihood estimation with oblimin rotation for 15 items and four factor solution from the modified pain coping questionnaire in children mPCQped (n = 130) and Eigenvalues, percentages of variance and cumulative percentages for the four factors
Item (used in the study) | Item number in final scale | Factor 1. Catastrohizing (CATped) | Factor 2. Positive cognitive distraction (PCDped) | Factor 3. Seeking social support (SSSped) | Factor 4. Behavioral distraction (BDped) | Communality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2. tell a friend how I feel. | 1 | 0.79 | 0.63 | |||
Q3. start doing something. | 2 | 0.61 | 0.39 | |||
Q4. worry that the pain will never stop. | 3 | 0.82 | 0.66 | |||
Q5. talk with someone about how I feel. | 4 | 0.52 | 0.40 | |||
Q8. think all the time how much I am aching. | 5 | 0.58 | 0.38 | |||
Q10. explain to myself that there is nothing to worry about. | 6 | 0.69 | 0.48 | |||
Q11. think that nothing will help. | 7 | 0.72 | 0.54 | |||
Q13. say to myself that soon everything will be all right. | 8 | 0.81 | 0.72 | |||
Q14. start busying myself with something. | 9 | 0.91 | 0.83 | |||
Q15. try not to think about the pain. | 10 | 0.46 | 0.35 | |||
Q16. think that the pain will never ease off. | 11 | 0.74 | 0.57 | |||
Q17. talk about my feelings to a friend. | 12 | 0.80 | 0.67 | |||
Q18. explain to myself that I can overcome anything at all. | 13 | 0.76 | 0.64 | |||
Q19. do something that will take the pain out of my mind. | 14 | 0.42 | 0.44 | |||
Q20. worry about my pain almost all the time. | 15 | 0.73 | 0.52 | |||
Eigenvalue | 4.31 | 2.91 | 1.45 | 1.26 | ||
% of variance | 28.72 | 19.38 | 9.67 | 8.43 | ||
Cumulative % | 28.72 | 48.10 | 57.77 | 66.20 | ||
Cronbach alpha | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.72 |