FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE GRIEF EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE (GEQ)
Titel:
FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE GRIEF EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE (GEQ)
Auteur:
Bailley, Steven E. Dunham, Katherine Kral, Michael J.
Verschenen in:
Death studies
Paginering:
Jaargang 24 (2000) nr. 8 pagina's 721-738
Jaar:
2000-12-01
Inhoud:
The Grief Experience Questionnaire (GEQ; T. W. Barrett & T. B. Scott, 1989) is a self-report measure of grief responses, including some that have been associated with grief after a suicide (e.g., feelings of rejection, responsibility, shame, stigmatization, etc.). In this study, a sample of 350 university students who had experienced the death of a significant other completed the GEQ. A principal components analysis with varimax rotation yielded an 8-factor solution with satisfactory psychometric properties. Results clearly document that the GEQ is a multidimensional measure of grief phenomenology. It is concluded that although the GEQ has broad applicability, the scale as revised herein may have a special relevance to suicide bereavement, and may be of use in both research and clinically based applications.