Polish version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief – preliminary validation

Ludwikowska-Świeboda, Karolina; Lachowska, Bogusława

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“…Regarding the internal consistency of the total scores of the ICG in mourners of deceased due to violence, the indices obtained in the present study indicate that this consistency is excellent (alpha = .927 and omega = .932). These indices are similar to those obtained in many studies with samples of mourners of deceased due to nonviolent causes (range = .93 -.947; Carmassi et al, 2014;Gamba-Collazos & Navia, 2017;Li & Prigerson, 2016;Ludwikowska-Świeboda & Lachowska, 2019;Masferrer et al, 2017;Prigerson et al, 1995). Therefore, the results of this study suggest that the excellent internal consistency of the ICG that is usually obtained in mourners of deceased by non-violent causes is generalized to mourners of deceased by violent causes.…”

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“…On another hand, the factor analyses carried out by Fisher et al (2017) revealed a five-factor structure of the ICG, which does not coincide with those found among the mourners of deceased due to non-violent deaths, which range from one factor (Carmassi et al, 2014;Ludwikowska-Świeboda & Lachowska, 2019;Lumbeck et al, 2012;Prigerson et al, 1995;Simon et al, 2011, full bereaved sample), three factors (Gamba-Collazos & Navia, 2017;Li & Prigerson, 2016;Lifshitz et al, 2022;Limonero et al, 2009), four factors (Masferrer et al, 2017) to six factors (Simon et al, 2011, complicated grief cases). This discrepancy in comparison to Fisher et al's (2017) results could indicate that the characteristics of complicated grief in mourners may be different depending on the cause of the loved one's death, although other differences among mourner samples may also affect the factor structure of the ICG, including the differences in the prevalence of complicated grief.…”

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“…The ICG has shown good indices of reliability and validity in adult mourners both in its original version (Fisher et al, 2017;Prigerson et al, 1995;Simon et al, 2011) and in its adaptations in Germany (Lumbeck et al, 2012), China (Li & Progerson, 2016), Colombia (Gamba-Collazos & Navia, 2017), Spain (Limonero et al, 2009;Masferrer et al, 2017), Italy (Carmassi et al, 2014), Israel (Lifshitz et al, 2022), andPoland (Ludwikowska-Świeboda &Lachowska, 2019). However, all studies on the psychometric properties of the ICG in adult mourners, except for the study of Fisher et al (2017), have been conducted with samples of participants composed wholly or mostly of people who had lost a loved one to nonviolent death (e.g., illness, natural death, occupational accident).…”

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Complicated Grief in a Spanish Sample of Victims of Terrorism: Evidence of Validity of the Inventory of Complicated Grief

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The Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) is the most widely used instrument to measure complicated grief (CG), but its psychometric properties have hardly been examined in relatives of those who died by violent means. The objective of this study was to obtain evidence of validity of the ICG in a relatives of those who died due to terrorist attacks in Spain. The factorial structure, internal consistency, and relationship with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress were analyzed in a Spanish sample of 211 relatives of people who died in terrorist attacks. The ICG presented a one-factor structure that supports the validity of its total score. This score showed excellent internal consistency indices (alpha = .927; omega = .932) and adequate correlation indices with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress ( r = .71, .63 and .76, respectively). The ICG provides reliable and valid measures of CG in adults who have lost a family member due to violent death.

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“…The adult hope scale was used to assess divergent validity. According to the results, hope was negatively related to grief due to the loss of Covid-19, which is similar to studies that have shown that people with lower hope experience more severe symptoms of more complicated grief (Ludwikowska-Świeboda & Lachowska, 2019;Yousefi et al, 2022).…”

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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the pandemic grief scale

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This study evaluated the Persian version of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) psychometric properties in a sample of 473 people who have suffered the loss of a loved one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The scale was internally consistent with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.86. The PGS found a positive and significant correlation between the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) and Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS). Furthermore, the unidimensional model had a good fit. Overall, the PGS showed good psychometric properties in the Iranian population.

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“…Complicated grief was measured using the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) by Prigerson et al (1995) in its Polish adaptation (Ludwikowska-Świeboda & Lachowska, 2019). The scale comprises 19 statements which describe the feelings and thoughts associated with the death of a loved one.…”

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Pandemic grief in Poland: adaptation of a measure and its relationship with social support and resilience

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Millions of people are mourning the death of a loved to COVID-19. According to previous studies, the circumstances of coronavirus disease-related deaths may lead to dysfunctional grief. The purpose of this study was to introduce the Polish adaptation of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) as well as to assess the relationship between dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death, resilience and perceived social support. The adaptation was carried out on a general population sample of 286 individuals aged 18–54 years, with the evaluation being performed on a group comprising 214 people aged 18–78 years, who lost a loved one during the pandemic. The Polish version of PGS revealed a single-factor structure with strong internal consistency (α = 0.89). The PGS scores were associated with measures of complicated grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief), depression (Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale) and lower resilience (Resilience Scale 14), which confirmed the scale’s convergent validity. No relation between PGS scores and health behaviors (Inventory of Health Behaviors) was observed, which confirmed the scale’s discriminant validity. The results of the bootstrapping technique revealed that resilience mediates the relationship between perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) and dysfunctional grief (total mediation). The results of this study suggest the need for practitioners to focus on resilience-enhancing interventions and perceived social support in order to improve mental health in people who lost their loved ones during the new coronavirus pandemic.

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Polish version of the Inventory of Complicated Grief – preliminary validation

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

Complicated Grief in a Spanish Sample of Victims of Terrorism: Evidence of Validity of the Inventory of Complicated Grief

Complicated Grief in a Spanish Sample of Victims of Terrorism: Evidence of Validity of the Inventory of Complicated Grief

Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the pandemic grief scale

Pandemic grief in Poland: adaptation of a measure and its relationship with social support and resilience

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