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The Perinatal Grief Scale: Development and initial validation.
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The theoretical strategy underlying development of the Perinatal Grief Scale is described. The instrument was completed by 194 subjects as part of a longitudinal study of factors affecting the resolution of grief following spontaneous abortion, fetal or neonatal death, or ectopic pregnancy. Variables found to be significant predictors of grief, as measured by this scale, were: overall physical health of mother, gestational age at time of loss, quality of the marital relationship, and pre-loss mental health symptomatology.
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“The most commonly used instruments were the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [19], the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) [20], the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) [21] and the Impact of Event Scale (IES) [22].”
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“The PGS, for example, was initially developed and validated in a sample of mainly bereaved mothers (women n = 138 and men n = 56) [117].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Toedter, L. J., Lasker, J. N., & Alhadeff, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Moravian University (US)
- Lehigh University (US)
- ORCID
- Lasker, Judith N.
- Venue
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Published
- 1988
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 435-449
- ISSN
- 0002-9432 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0025
- OpenAlex
- W2111692178
- Cited by
- 297
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2 R01 HD18431-04)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Keywords
- Perinatal Grief Scale, perinatal grief, miscarriage, fetal death, neonatal death, ectopic pregnancy, grief resolution, scale development, instrument validation, maternal physical health, gestational age, marital quality
- MeSH terms
- Abortion, Spontaneous, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Female, Fetal Death, Gestational Age, Grief, Humans, Male, Marriage, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Ectopic, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Risk Factors
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