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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2015 Jun 9;32(7):485–492. doi: 10.1002/da.22385

Table 2. Item Statistics.

Endorsement Rate (%) Mean (SD) Score Item-Total Correlation coefficient Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 CG PGD PCBD
2. intense feelings sorrow/pain 86.1 2.8 (0.5) 0.29 0.841 -0.023 -0.133 -0.010 0.084
1. yearning/longing 88.3 2.8 (0.5) 0.25 0.758 0.133 -0.189 -0.008 -0.026
18. see, hear, touch, smell, spend time with deceased belongings 48.8 2.1 (0.9) 0.24 0.606 0.017 0.057 0.024 -0.440
3. thoughts/images of deceased 76.2 2.6 (0.7) 0.21 0.547 0.088 -0.265 0.036 0.116
20. thinking hearing her/his voice, seeing him/her 10.3 1.3 (0.6) 0.18 0.511 -0.060 0.109 0.003 -0.137
16. encounter reminders, physical reactions 35.6 1.8 (0.9) 0.23 0.431 0.003 0.047 -0.130 0.207
15. encounter reminders, intense emotional reaction 73.7 2.6 (0.7) 0.31 0.393 -0.046 0.159 0.083 0.249
4. lost or absorbed in thoughts/daydreams 50.2 2.1 (0.9) 0.35 0.441 0.152 0.104 0.082 -0.093
17. visit cemetery/time with ashes to feel close 47.3 2.1 (0.9) 0.17 0.391 0.140 0.003 0.027 -0.393
14. avoid getting rid of possessions 45.6 2 (0.9) 0.28 0.226 0.055 0.053 0.165 0.189
5. think/worry about how/why died 65.8 2.4 (0.8) 0.19 0.099 0.599 -0.229 0.014 0.089
7. shocked/stunned 42.7 1.9 (1) 0.26 0.050 0.591 0.179 -0.115 -0.014
6. trouble accepting 56.9 2.2 (0.9) 0.32 0.071 0.544 0.017 0.206 -0.057
29. concerned/uncertain about role in the world/identity 53.7 2.2 (0.9) 0.32 -0.141 0.037 0.557 0.346 0.047
31. grief interfering with ability to work/socialize/function 85.8 2.8(0.5) 0.38 0.257 0.014 0.589 -0.039 0.471
30. difficult to pursue plans for future because can't share anymore 55.9 2.2 (0.9) 0.41 0.158 -0.080 0.564 0.312 -0.051
23. difficulty trusting others without similar loss 42.4 1.9 (1) 0.30 -0.028 0.295 0.559 -0.103 0.080
12. worry about not managing w/out person 38.4 1.9 (0.9) 0.40 -0.072 0.276 0.522 0.294 -0.132
24. difficult to feel close to others 59.8 2.3 (0.9) 0.33 0.040 0.018 0.552 -0.009 0.331
8. emotionally numb 52.0 2.1 (0.9) 0.18 0.096 -0.043 0.519 -0.060 -0.065
25. lonely, all alone in world 74.0 2.6 (0.8) 0.32 -0.107 0.096 0.473 0.355 0.100
28. hard to experience joy/satisfaction 60.9 2.4 (0.8) 0.42 0.158 -0.067 0.471 0.323 0.123
22. wish to die, life not worth living 17.8 1.5 (0.8) 0.40 -0.003 0.032 -0.061 1.059 0.041
21. wish to die, join person 16.0 1.4 (0.8) 0.38 0.223 -0.017 -0.011 0.729 -0.028
27. life empty/no purpose 53.4 2.2 (0.9) 0.51 0.065 -0.012 0.466 0.655 -0.026
13. avoid anything because it's a reminder 66.9 2.4 (0.9) 0.27 0.000 0.166 0.187 0.051 0.549
9. difficulty having positive memories 19.6 1.4 (0.8) 0.04 -0.127 -0.054 0.022 0.050 0.547
11. guilty/self-blaming thoughts about death 64.8 2.4 (0.9) 0.18 0.005 0.319 -0.117 0.062 0.380
10. bitter or angry about death 76.9 2.6 (0.8) 0.13 -0.038 0.280 -0.006 -0.033 0.348
26. envious of others without loss 33.1 1.9 (0.9) 0.20 0.060 0.151 0.084 0.048 0.179
19. feel pain/symptoms deceased had 9.6 1.2 (0.6) 0.07 -0.013 0.252 -0.009 0.003 -0.007

Notes: CG: Complicated Grief; PGD: Prolonged Grief Disorder; PCBD: Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder

Items are listed per their factor loadings. Factor loadings retained for each factor are bolded and factor loadings < 0.34 are grayed out.