1 The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9536-5 Title Page Assessment of chronic illness-related cognitive fusion: Preliminary development and validation of a new scale with an IBD sample Inês A. Trindade, MSc, PhD student ¹ * Cláudia Ferreira, PhD ¹ José Pinto-Gouveia, MD, PhD ¹ ¹ CINEICC – Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Coimbra, Portugal * Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Inês A. Trindade Email: almeidatrindade@fpce.uc.pt CINEICC, Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra Rua do Colégio Novo, Apartado 6153 3001-802 Coimbra, Portugal Telephone: (+351) 239851450 Fax: (+351) 23985146