Study to Understand Pain Experiences in Relationships

Inclusion Criteria

• •Romantic couples who are married or living with each other for 6 months or longer or have been in a romantic relationship 2+ years.
• •One individual in the couple must have chronic muscoskeletal pain, lasting 3 months or longer. Participants may have multiple pain sites.
• •The individual with chronic pain must report that their pain occurs nearly daily.
• •The individual with chronic pain must have an average pain intensity of 3 or greater on an 11-point scale (from 0: no pain to 10: worst pain imaginable)
• •The individual with chronic pain must have an average pain interference of 3 or greater on an 11-point scale (from 0: does not interfere to 10: completely interferes)