Mental defeat in XXXX : initial exploration of the concept.

@entity1 @entity308 @entity1005 @entity148 @entity158 @entity1118 @entity130
OBJECTIVES: "Mental defeat" has been found to be an important psychologic reaction to painful @entity130 . @entity1118 @entity1 also report mental defeat in relation to their experience of @entity158 episodes. A measure of mental defeat was devised and evaluated in terms of (1) psychometric properties and (2) specificity of scores in relation to disabling @entity1118 . METHODS: A total of 304 @entity1 completed the Pain Self Perception Scale, a questionnaire designed to measure mental defeat as a reaction to @entity158 . @entity1 also completed the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and @entity308 Scale. @entity1118 @entity1 from a tertiary hospital clinic (n=94) were compared with @entity1 experiencing acute @entity158 (n=38), @entity158 -free controls (n=79), community volunteers suffering from @entity1118 (n=32) or acute @entity158 (n=30), and @entity1 diagnosed with @entity148 (n=31). Test-retest reliability was assessed in subsamples of @entity1118 @entity1 and community volunteers. RESULTS: The mental defeat measure was both internally consistent and reliable. @entity1118 @entity1 showed elevated levels of mental defeat relative to all other groups, including @entity1 with @entity1118 of the same intensity of @entity158 who were not seeking treatment. @entity158 may be linked to disability and the seeking of specialist treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Research on mental defeat may allow the development of new treatment strategies for @entity1118 and a better understanding of the link between @entity1118 , @entity308 , and @entity1005 .
