Development and psychometric evaluation of the Utrecht grief rumination scale

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-176

  Eisma, Maarten C ^a   Stroebe, Margaret S ^a   Schut, Henk A W ^a   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a   Boelen, Paul A ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grief; Questionnaire; Repetitive thought; Rumination; Scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; UTRECHT GRIEF RUMINATION SCALE;

EID: 84900376841     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-013-9377-y     Document Type: Article

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