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- Title
The Witnessing of Disenfranchised Grief: Reliability and Validity.
- Authors
St. Clair, Jean S.
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: To examine the psychometric properties of a newly designed instrument: Witnessing of Disenfranchised Grief (WDG). Methods: The 22-item questionnaire was administered to a community-based sample of convenience (N = 201). Each subject reported having experienced a loss by death or miscarriage. There was no stipulation regarding the timing of the loss. Results: The tool was found to be one dimensional with factor loadings of 0.40–0.78, inter-item correlation ranging from p < .01 to p < .05, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91. A loss that was viewed as witnessed resulted in decreased manifestation of some grief symptoms. Conclusions: The WDG is a measure of the degree to which one who grieves perceives their loss to be witnessed.
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 3, p401
- ISSN
1061-3749
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1891/1061.3749.21.3.401