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Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire

The Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) is a 20-item self-report instrument developed by McCracken in 1998 to measure pain acceptance—the willingness to experience pain while continuing with valued life activities. Unlike pain management approaches focused on pain reduction, the CPAQ operationalizes acceptance-based treatment philosophy grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), measuring psychological flexibility in the context of chronic pain.

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Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / pain-medicine
  • McCracken, L.M. (1998). Learning to live with the pain: Acceptance of pain predicts adjustment in persons with chronic pain. Pain, 74(1), 21-27. · DOI 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00146-2
  • McCracken, L.M., & Vowles, K.E. (2006). Acceptance of chronic pain. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 10(2), 90-94. · DOI 10.1007/s11916-006-0018-y
  • Vowles, K.E., McCracken, L.M., & Eccleston, C. (2007). Processes of change in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain. Journal of Pain, 8(7), 556-562. · URL
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