Although social science research has been greatly facilitated by the advent ofpreprogrammed "statistical packages,"such as SPSS and SAS, these generally require relatively large scale computer resources which are often unavailable to social science researchers at smaller colleges and...

Purpose – Almost 40 years after Zborowski in People in Pain demonstrated that cultural orientations underlie reactions to pain and willingness to accept treatment, and despite documented high US prevalence rates for acute and chronic pain, little is known about health beliefs regarding pain....