Table 2 Orbach and Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale-8
From: Measuring psychological pain: psychometric analysis of the Orbach and Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale
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Likert scale: 0: Strongly disagree 1: Disagree 2: Agree to some extent 3: Agree 4: Strongly agree | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree to some extent | Agree | Strongly agree |
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| 1. The pain will never go away. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 2. I am flooded by many feelings. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 3. I am rejected by everybody. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 4. I will never be able to reduce my pain. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 5. There are strong ups and downs in my feelings. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 6. Nobody is interested in me. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 7. My feelings change all the time. | O | O | O | O | O |
| 8. Others hate me. | O | O | O | O | O |