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 | |
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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.