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Table 2 Orbach and Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale-8

From: Measuring psychological pain: psychometric analysis of the Orbach and Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale

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

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