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- Title
Escala de duelo perinatal: validación en mujeres mexicanas con pérdida gestacional.
- Authors
González, Cecilia Mota; Bello, Nazira Calleja; Calva, Evangelina Aldana; López, María Eugenia Gómez; Pichardo, Marco Antonio Sánchez
- Abstract
Losing a child at the beginning of life is one of the most intense emotional stressors that may experience a woman. The evaluation of this mourning process requires reliable and valid instruments. This study aimed to determine the psychometric characteristics of the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) in a sample of Mexican women who had experienced perinatal loss. The scale was translated, retranslated, tested and adapted to finally be applied to 200 women who had experienced one or more perinatal loss and were attending a clinic. Data were subjected to the usual statistical procedures of validation (analysis of frequency distribution, comparison of extreme groups, exploratory factor analysis and factor analysis confirming, as well as correlation between scales) and evaluation of internal consistenc); obtaining appropriate indexes of reliability and validity. The Perinatal Grief Scale (EDP) was formed by 27 items, grouped in four scales: active grief, depression, guilt, and acceptance. Its use in research and clinical practice is discussed.
- Subjects
GRIEF; GESTATIONAL age; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); PSYCHOLOGY of women; DEPRESSION in women; WEIGHT loss; GUILT (Psychology)
- Publication
Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 2011, Vol 43, Issue 3, p419
- ISSN
0120-0534
- Publication type
Article