Do Teachers Question the Reality of Pain in Their Students? A Survey Using the Concept of Pain Inventory-Proxy (Copi-Proxy)

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ID15713435
AutoresRebecca Fechner (0000-0001-6594-6065, University of Technology Sydney), Melanie Noel (0000-0003-3752-8055, University of Calgary), Arianne P Verhagen (0000-0002-6195-0128, University of Technology Sydney, autor correspondente), Arianne Verhagen (University of Technology Sydney), Erin Turbitt (0000-0002-6650-9702, University of Technology Sydney), James W Pate (0000-0002-1049-3916, University of Technology Sydney)
Ano2023
Volume10
Fascículo2
Páginas370-370
Data de publicação2023-02-13
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChildren (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children10020370
PMID36832498
OpenAlexW4320727869
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas34

An assessment of a teacher's concept of their student's pain could be useful to guide preventative and targeted school-based pain science education. We aimed to assess a teacher's own concept of pain against their concept of their student's pain and examine the psychometric properties of the tool. Teachers of 10-12-year-old children were invited to participate in an online survey via social media. We modified the Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI) by inserting a vignette (COPI-Proxy), and we included questions to explore teacher stigma. Overall, a sample of 233 teachers participated in the survey. The COPI-Proxy scores showed that teachers can conceptualize their student's pain separately but are influenced by their own beliefs. Only 76% affirmed the pain in the vignette as real. Teachers used potentially stigmatizing language to describe pain in their survey responses. The COPI-Proxy had acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.72) and moderate convergent validity with the COPI (r = 0.56). The results show the potential benefit of the COPI-Proxy for assessing someone's concept of another's pain, particularly for teachers who are important social influencers of children

Convergent validity · Cronbach's alpha · Internal consistency · Proxy (statistics · Psychometrics · Vignette · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Empathy and Medical Education · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Pediatric Pain Management Techniques · Psychology · Social Psychology