Anticipatory Grief Scale

The HIV-infected child: Parental responses and psychosocial implications.

“…A 27item instrument designed to assess the anticipatory grief reactions of people experiencing the slow deterioration of a spouse from dementia (Theut, Jordan, Ross, & Deutson, 1991), the AGS was adapted for this study by replacing "dementia" with "HIV" and "my relative" with "my child." An additional item included for this study was "I find myself withdrawing from my child because I am afraid he/she will die.…”

Inter-rater reliability of the Bereavement Risk Assessment Tool

“…Although a number of tools have been developed more formally, there appear to be limitations for most. For example, some lack predictive utility for bereavement outcomes, (Theut et al, 1991;Jordan et al, 2005). Other tools fail to consider the circumstances of the death (Levy, 1991), the presence of addictions or previous losses (Parkes & Weiss, 1983;Kristjanson et al, 2005), or physical, social, religious, and psychological factors .…”

The challenges and needs of older people as HIV and AIDS caregivers in South Africa

“…Table 3.2 provides an overview of the psychosocial concepts that were measured, including sample items, the number of items, minimum and maximum score, and Cronbach's alpha (α). Validated instruments were used to measure grief (i.e., Anticipatory Grief Scale; Theut, Jordan, Ross, & Deutsch, 1991), depression (i.e., Geriatric Depression Scale; Yesavage et al, 1983;Brink et al, 1982), coping (i.e., Ways of Coping;Folkman & Lazarus, 1985;Folkman, Lazarus, Dunkel-Schetter, DeLongis, & Gruen, 1986) and stigma related to HIV and AIDS (i.e., HIV stigma scale; Berger, Ferrans, & Lashley, 2001). The validated scales that were used all have been tested in study settings that differ to a large extent from this particular study setting.…”