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The Marwit–Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI) was developed and initially validated with caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease, and subsequently evaluated with caregivers of persons with brain injury. The present study examined MM-CGI psychometric and validity properties in 75 caregivers of persons with cancer. As with previous studies, high internal consistency reliability of MM-CGI Total Grief and subscale scores (Personal Sacrifice and Burden, Heartfelt Sadness and Longing, and Worry and Felt Isolation) was demonstrated. Construct validity of the subscale scores was supported by differential associations with other caregiver measures of depression, strain, well-being, and family support. Based on these preliminary results, the MM-CGI appears useful for assessing pre-death grief in caregivers of persons with cancer. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the variables underlying complicated grief (CG) in Missouri. Relationship between CG and the diagnosis of clinicians; Identification of variables considered relevant in the representative cases; Provision of a model for evaluating other CG taxonomies.

- Fifty-seven children, aped 9-12 completed the Children's Depression Inventory, rated their bodies on dimensions of attractiveness, effectiveness and vulnerability, and rated themselves and three other children on global attractiveness. Dysphoria was significantly correlated with both measures of dissatisfaction of own attractiveness. No significant correlations occurred between CDI scores and effectiveness or vulnerability. Stepwise regression showed dysphoria to be predicted by dissatisfaction with the body's attractiveness and by age with the former being the most powerful. No subject differences were found on rating the attractiveness of other children. Results are compared to research with adult subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Berko-type task requiring subjects to derive the present, plural, possessive, and time-extension forms of nonsense syllables was administered cross-sectionally to a population of black and white second, fourth, and seventh graders. While subject race differences decreased progressively at each advancing grade level, the magnitude of these differences remained significant throughout. These results suggest that previous data, collected longitudinally, indicating nonsignificant subject race differences by seventh grade may have resulted more from methodological circumstances, that is, nonrandom attrition, than from true population characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Revised Grief Experience Inventory, and World Assumptions Scale were administered to 111 bereaved parents. The PTGI scores indicate that many bereaved parents report personal growth in domains outlined by L.G. Calhoun and R. G. Tedeschi (2001). Grief intensity was inversely correlated with growth scores. Self-worth was a strong predictor of growth scores, whereas assumptions about the benevolence and meaningfulness of the world were not correlated with growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]