Measuring Grief Symptoms in Cancer Patients: The Reliability and Validity Study of the Turkish Version of Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale

Gökler Danışman I., Yalcinay M., Yildiz N.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, cilt.28, sa.3, ss.190-197, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5080/u13716
  • Dergi Adı: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.190-197
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale, patient form, cancer, grief, validity, reliability, PREPARATORY GRIEF, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, COMPLICATED GRIEF, OF-LIFE, BEREAVEMENT, DEPRESSION, ILLNESS, HOPELESSNESS, EXPERIENCES, ISSUES
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: The need to grieve is not limited to losses due to death of significant others, but it also arises in reaction to various life events which result in a sense of loss. Grief is argued to be a universal and natural reaction also in face of life-theratening illnesses. Cancer is a phenomenon that has to be examined in terms of grief reactions since it inherits multiple losses. The aim of the current study is to test the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale-Patient Form (PG-12-Patient Form), which is used to measure grief symptoms in cancer patients.