TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The role of avoidance in complicated grief: a detailed examination of the grief-related avoidance questionnaire (GRAQ) in a large sample of individuals with complicated grief
JO  - Journal of loss and trauma
A1  - Baker, Amanda W.
A1  - Keshaviah, Aparna
A1  - Horenstein, Arielle
A1  - Goetter, Elizabeth M.
A1  - Mauro, Christine
A1  - Iii, Charles F. Reynolds
A1  - Zisook, Sidney
A1  - Shear, M. Katherine
A1  - Simon, Naomi Michele
SP  - 533
EP  - 547
VL  - 21
IS  - 6
N2  - Grief-related avoidance is a significant component of complicated grief, yet has rarely been formally measured in a validated fashion. Further, more work is needed to understand the impact of grief-related avoidance on symptom severity and functional impairment among individuals with complicated grief (CG). The Grief-Related Avoidance Questionnaire (GRAQ; Shear, Monk et al. 2007) was created to assess grief-related avoidance and the present analysis aimed to further develop this measure and construct by confirming the GRAQ's psychometric properties and examining loss-related predictors of avoidance. In a sample of 393 adults with CG, we found the GRAQ had high internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89 and good convergent validity. While the EFA results suggest that the GRAQ may be unidimensional, a 3-factor model generally corresponded with the findings by (Shear, Monk et al. 2007), which suggested the presence of 3 subscales. Loss-related variables age, relationship to the deceased, and cause of death were all significant predictors of GRAQ scores. Our findings support that among individuals with complicated grief, avoidance is common, measurable and an important contributor to impairment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1532-5024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2016.1157412
ID  - ref1
ER  -