(1) how the pain affects the individual and (2) how it affects the individual’s relationships/interactions with others. A rating of each statement demonstrated that there was a moderate level of agreement among participants for the items in the concept map. Participants had the highest level of agreement with items found in the clusters related to learning to live with the pain and positive ways of coping with pain. There was least agreement with items relating to negative emotions surrounding pain although a significant percentage of them greatly or completely endorsed the statements contained within this cluster.