Factorial Validity of the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief-Present Scale Among Bereaved Older Adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 675-687

  Futterman, Andrew ^a   Holland, Jason M ^b   Brown, Patrick J ^c   Thompson, Larry W ^b   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^b  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Factor analysis; Grief; Measurement; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TEXAS REVISED INVENTORY OF GRIEF PRESENT SCALE; THINKING; VALIDATION STUDY; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77956757568     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019914     Document Type: Article

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