About stagnation and the emperor’s new clothes

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Letter to the Editor

Geert Crombez¹ 

[1] Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Gent, Belgium;

关键词: Pain;    Questionnaire;    Stagnation;    Psychology;    Emotion;    Headache;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1129-2377-16-3

 received in 2014-12-18, accepted in 2015-01-07,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Innamorati and colleagues (Innamorati et al., J Headache Pain 16:2, 2015) validated the “stagnation scale” and proposed to use it to screen for psychopathology. I have some critical comments to consider about the theoretical and clinical value of the instrument. First, items of the scale are not specific, and may equally well measure worry, self-worth and distress. Second, questionnaires are tools to assess the experiences of patients, but not hypothesized causal processes. The scale can thus not identify patients who repress emotions. Third, the routine use of this instrument will detract clinicians from what really is at stake in patients and what may help them.

【 授权许可】

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© Crombez; licensee Springer. 2015. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.