The witnessing of disenfranchised grief: reliability and validity.
| Autor: | St Clair JS |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nursing measurement [J Nurs Meas] 2013; Vol. 21 (3), pp. 401-14. |
| DOI: | 10.1891/1061-3749.21.3.401 |
| Abstrakt: | Background and Purpose: To examine the psychometric properties of a newly designed instrument: Witnessing of Disenfranchised Grief (WDG). Methods: The 22-item questionnaire was administered to a community-based sample of convenience (N = 201). Each subject reported having experienced a loss by death or miscarriage. There was no stipulation regarding the timing of the loss. Results: The tool was found to be one dimensional with factor loadings of 0.40-0.78, inter-item correlation ranging from p < .01 to p < .05, and a Cronbach's alpha of 0.91. A loss that was viewed as witnessed resulted in decreased manifestation of some grief symptoms. Conclusions: The WDG is a measure of the degree to which one who grieves perceives their loss to be witnessed. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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