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Table 4 Correlations between kinesiophobia/(re)injury and fear-avoidance beliefs, pain anxiety, pain coping, disability, depression and pain

From: Fear of movement/(Re)injury in low back pain: confirmatory validation of a German version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

Validity criteria

SF

AA

TSK-GV

PASS-DE

.532**

.415**

.553**

PASS-DE - Fearful thinking

.568**

.422**

.580**

PASS-DE - Cognitive Anxiety

.483**

.272**

.434**

PASS-DE - Escape/Avoidance

.329**

.403**

.444**

PASS-DE - Physiological Anxiety

.400**

.259**

.384**

FABQ – work

.258**

.233**

.286**

FABQ – physical activity

.255**

.469**

.435**

KPI – Fear-avoidance-variables

   

Anxiety/Depression

.218**

.114

.191**

Help-/Hopelessness

.383**

.277**

.389**

Catastrophizing

.312**

.167*

.277**

Avoidance of Social Activities

.253**

.203**

.269**

Avoidance of Physical Activities

.198*

.233**

.263**

KPI – Endurance variables

   

Positive Mood despite Pain

-.287**

-.171*

-.268**

Thought Suppression

.038

.025

.030

Minimization

-.252**

-.214**

-.282**

Endurance Behavior

-.075

-.181*

-.168*

BDI

.187*

.160*

.206**

ODI

.208**

.205**

.240**

PDI

.280**

.186*

.269**

Average pain intensity (last week)

.074

-.009

.030

Duration of current pain

.021

-.008

-.008

  1. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Bivariate correlations that remain significant after a Bonferroni adjustment (p < .005) are printed in bold. TSK: Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia; TSK-GV: German version of the TSK; SF: Somatic Focus, AA: Activity Avoidance; PASS: Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; PDI: Pain Disability Index; ODI: Oswestry Disability Index; KPI: Kiel Pain Inventory; FABQ: Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire.