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This article examines the utility of using a multidimensional instrument to assess pain coping in two samples of persons with rheumatoid arthritis (totalN = 378). The predictive validity of the newly developed Vanderbilt Multidimensional Pain Coping Inventory (VMPCI), which assesses eleven distinct coping strategies, was compared to that of the previously validated Vanderbilt Pain Management Inventory...