Validation of the Perinatal Grief Scale for Use in Chinese Women Who Have Experienced Recent Reproductive Loss

Autor/inn/en	Yan, Elsie; Tang, Catherine So-Kum; Chung, Tony
Titel	Validation of the Perinatal Grief Scale for Use in Chinese Women Who Have Experienced Recent Reproductive Loss
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 34 (2010) 2, S.151-171 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
Schlagwörter	Grief; Females; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Depression (Psychology); Psychometrics; Test Validity; Foreign Countries; Death; Self Concept; Interpersonal Relationship; Recall (Psychology); Coping; Attachment Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Pregnancy; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Weibliches Geschlecht; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testvalidität; Ausland; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Selbstkonzept; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Abberufung; Bewältigung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Schwangerschaft
Abstract	The primary objective of this research was to validate the short version of the Perinatal Grief Scale (SVPGS) in the Chinese population. The Chinese SVPGS was administered to a sample of Chinese women who had experienced recent reproductive loss (N = 314). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis rejected the original 3-factor model delineated by Potvin (1989). A follow-up exploratory factor analysis suggested an alternative 3-factor model, consisting of a 12-item Sense of Worthlessness subscale, a 7-item Social Detachment subscale, and a 7-item Painful Recollection subscale. Further analysis showed that both the original and Chinese SVPGS demonstrated good internal consistency. Cronbach's alpha equaled 0.86, 0.83, 0.90, and 0.95, respectively, for the three subscales of Active Grief, Difficulty Coping, and Despair, and the total original SVPGS, and 0.85, 0.93, 0.91, and 0.95, respectively, for the new subscales of Sense of Worthlessness, Social Detachment, and Painful Recollection, and the total Chinese SVPGS. Both versions demonstrated satisfactory correlations with the participants' psychological distress and spousal emotional support. The authors suggest that both versions are useful in measuring the responses of Chinese women to reproductive loss; the original SVPGS should be used for cross-cultural studies, whereas the Chinese SVPGS should be used for local studies. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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