Manuel Fernández-Alcántara, Andrea Redondo-Armenteros, María Nieves Pérez-Marfil, María José Cabañero-Martínez, Nereida Congost-Maestre, Francisco Cruz-Quintana
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Abstract
Background: The grieving process caused by the loss of a loved one triggers a range of responses. While most people experience adaptive grief, some may experience intense distress and persistent symptoms. Prolonged Grief Disorder is commonly diagnosed using the ICD-11 and the DSM-5-TR. Few instruments assess criteria from both simultaneously, underscoring the importance of the Traumatic Grief Inventory Self-Report Plus (TGI-SR+). This study aimed to analyse the psychometric properties of the scores from the Spanish version of the TGI-SR+.
Method: Data were analysed from 229 participants who were bereaved between March 2020 and March 2022. The Spanish TGI-SR+ was used alongside measures of psychopathology and prolonged grief. We performed confirmatory factor analysis, reliability tests, bivariate correlations and group comparisons.
Results: Confirmatory factor analysis of the TGI-SR+ demonstrated a one-factor structure with high reliability ( ϖ = .99). Convergent validity was shown by correlations with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and prolonged grief (p < .001). Differences by sex and educational level were observed. Optimal screening cut-off points were identified for the total sample and for those meeting the criteria for prolonged grief.
Conclusions: The Spanish version of the TGI-SR+ is a valuable instrument for assessing prolonged grief in Spanish-speaking populations.
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La revista Psicothema fue fundada en Asturias en 1989 y está editada conjuntamente por la Facultad y el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo y el Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias. Publica cuatro números al año. Se admiten trabajos tanto de investigación básica como aplicada, pertenecientes a cualquier ámbito de la Psicología, que previamente a su publicación son evaluados anónimamente por revisores externos. Psicothema está incluida en las bases de datos nacionales e internacionales más relevantes, entre las que cabe destacar Psychological Abstracts, Current Contents y MEDLINE/Index Medicus, entre otras. Además, figura en las listas de Factor de Impacto del Journal Citation Reports. Psicothema es una revista abierta a cualquier enfoque u orientación psicológica que venga avalada por la fuerza de los datos y los argumentos, y en la que encuentran acomodo todos los autores que sean capaces de convencer a los revisores de que sus manuscritos tienen la calidad para ser publicados. Psicothema es una revista de acceso abierto lo que significa que todo el contenido está a disposición de cualquier usuario o institución sin cargo alguno. Los usuarios pueden leer, descargar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, buscar, o realizar enlaces a los textos completos de esta revista sin pedir permiso previo al editor o al autor, siempre y cuando la fuente original sea referenciada. Para acervos y repositorios, se prefiere que la cobertura se realice mediante enlaces a la propia web de Psicothema. Nos parece que una apuesta decidida por la calidad es el mejor modo de servir a nuestros lectores, cuyas sugerencias siempre serán bienvenidas.