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, vol.28, no.3, pp.190-197, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5080/u13716
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.190-197
  • Keywords: 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 University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.