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The purpose of the current study was to develop a measure of pain\u2010specific worry \u2013 the Worry About Pain Questionnaire (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPQ<\/jats:styled-content>).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>In study 1, responses of 335 pain\u2010free participants were used to complete an item analysis and exploratory factors analysis to develop and assess the internal structure of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPQ<\/jats:styled-content>. Study 2 included 224 pain\u2010free participants who completed the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPQ<\/jats:styled-content> in order to confirm its factor structure, and to examine its relation to the experience of acute experimental pain. In study 3, 137 individuals with persistent pain were asked to complete the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPQ<\/jats:styled-content> as well as measures of pain and depressive symptoms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The resulting 15\u2010item measure assesses uncertainties and potential negative outcomes related to the experience of pain. The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed a two\u2010factor structure. Across all studies, the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPQ<\/jats:styled-content> was found to be related to measures of pain in clinical and non\u2010clinical samples, acute experimental pain stimuli, as well as pain anxiety, pain catastrophizing, fear of pain, rumination and depressive symptomatology.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results suggest that the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPQ<\/jats:styled-content> is a reliable and valid measure for the assessment of worry about pain that can be used to understand how pain\u2010specific worries are related to the experience and impact of pain across different populations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Significance<\/jats:title><jats:p>Worry has been assessed in pain populations using measures that assess worry in general. The current study shows a relationship between pain\u2010specific worry and the experience of pain. 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