1. Caregiver behaviors and childhood maladaptive grief: Initial validation of the Grief Facilitation Inventory.
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Alvis, Lauren M., Dodd, Cody G., Oosterhoff, Benjamin, Hill, Ryan M., Rolon-Arroyo, Benjamin, Logsdon, Tami, Layne, Christopher M., and Kaplow, Julie B.
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CAREGIVERS , *RESEARCH methodology evaluation , *RESEARCH methodology , *BEHAVIOR , *ADAPTABILITY (Personality) in children , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *GRIEF in children ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
The Grief Facilitation Inventory (GFI) is a newly-developed measure of caregiver behaviors theorized to facilitate or hinder children's adaptive grief reactions. We examine its factor structure, reliability, and validity. An exploratory factor analysis identified four factors: Ongoing Connection, Existential Continuity/Support, Caregiver Grief Expression, and Grief Inhibition/Avoidance. Both child- and caregiver-report versions had adequate-to-good internal consistency. The child-report GFI showed evidence of criterion-referenced validity via significant correlations with measures of child maladaptive grief and other psychological symptoms. Results provide preliminary evidence of the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the GFI as a measure of caregiver grief-facilitation behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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