TABLE 3.

Factor loadings for the five-factor model.

	TBQ Item	Factors
		1	2	3	4	5
12	Your loved one did not have to die in this way	0.78	0.00	0.15	0.30	−0.04
1	Death shouldn’t have happened	0.75	0.05	0.49	−0.15	0.03
6	It isn’t fair that this person died	0.69	0	0.40	−0.00	0.03
3	Someone else could done something to prevent/make easier	0.65	0.05	−0.03	0.28	−0.01
2	Done something to prevent/make easier	0.58	−0.10	−0.01	0.54	0.02
4	Bad things are uncontrollable	0.18	0.79	−0.03	−0.05	−0.07
10	World filled with unpredictable dangers	−0.04	0.73	−0.01	0.06	0.11
8	No space that is safe anymore	0.03	0.59	0.17	0.25	0
14	The only thing that can really help you is to have this person back	0.03	−0.08	0.95	0.07	−0.24
13	Life is unbearable without the person who died	−0.03	0.03	0.81	0.02	−0.13
24	You can’t stop wishing your loved one was still here	0.09	−0.04	0.80	0.08	−0.02
25	You need this person so much that they should not have died	0.13	0.00	0.78	−0.01	0.03
18	Need the person who died to help you cope with stress or problems	−0.32	0.01	0.75	−0.06	0.11
19	You have nowhere to turn now that your loved one is gone	−0.30	0.13	0.64	0.06	0.17
11	Grieving less would mean you are uncaring, heartless or cold	−0.07	0.07	0.05	0.75	−0.04
20	Need to guard against forgetting the person who died	0.00	−0.06	0.08	0.73	0.00
7	Should have expressed your love more	0.30	0.09	−0.15	0.56	0.06
23	Spending time with other people is hard because can’t share grief	−0.05	0.00	0.10	0.44	0.34
5	Grief main tie to loved one	0.04	0.09	0.23	0.36	0.04
22	Something is wrong with you because you are grieving so much	0.05	−0.07	−0.16	0.03	1.01
21	Need to stop grieving so much	0.06	−0.03	0.03	−0.07	0.80
9	Don’t understand why grief is not getting better	−0.08	0.14	0.14	0.01	0.64
16	Other people are tired of your endless grief	0.00	0.14	0.17	0.19	0.39
15	You need a confidant, someone who you could talk to and feel close to	−0.01	0.06	0.09	0.25	0.13
17	Loved one should have taken better care of her or himself	0.29	−0.04	−0.04	0.16	0.04
	Percent of variance explained by the factor	32.2	11.4	8.7	7.0	5.6

Note. N=394. The factors are labeled as following:

1. Protesting the Death
2. Negative Thoughts About the World
3. Needing the Person
4. Less Grief is Wrong
5. Grieving Too Much.