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Measuring core bereavement phenomena.

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BURNETT, P., MIDDLETON, W., RAPHAEL, B., MARTINEK, N.·1997·Psychological Medicine

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As part of a longitudinal study of bereavement phenomena in three groups, bereaved spouses, bereaved adult children and bereaved parents, scale development was carried out using a pool of bereavement phenomenology questions administered prospectively. The items were derived from the literature, in particular studies dealing with the measurement of grief/bereavement, as well as from clinical experience. Factor analysis of theoretically grouped items produced seven subscales, three of which tapped frequently experienced phenomena in the bereaved. These three subscales formed the basis of a single measure, labelled the Core Bereavement Items (CBI), which demonstrated high reliability and sound face and discriminant validity. Preliminary analysis suggested that the CBI will prove to be a reliable and valid instrument with respect to the measure of core bereavement phenomena in commonly bereaved groups in Western society.

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Authors
BURNETT, P., MIDDLETON, W., RAPHAEL, B., & MARTINEK, N.
Affiliations
Queensland University of Technology (AU)
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
1997-01
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
49-57
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W1571804994
Cited by
181
References
0
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FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Division of Research and Commercialisation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
bereavement, grief, scale development, bereaved spouses, bereaved parents, psychometric validation, factor analysis
MeSH terms
Adult, Bereavement, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parents, Prospective Studies, Psychometrics, Time Factors, Reproducibility of Results, Discriminant Analysis, Spouses

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