The Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief: Assessing Spiritual Crisis Following Loss

Following the death of a loved one, many grievers endorse spirituality as a source of both solace and strain. Studies show that some grievers struggle significantly with both their relationship with God and their faith community, a condition known as complicated spiritual grief (CSG). However, resea...

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VerfasserInnen: Burke, Laurie A. (VerfasserIn) ; Neimeyer, Robert A. 1954- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Jahr: 2016, Band: 7, Heft: 6, Seiten: 1-10
weitere Schlagwörter:B spiritual struggle
B Bereavement
B spiritual crisis
B complicated grief
B complicated spiritual grief
B Meaning Making
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Zusammenfassung:Following the death of a loved one, many grievers endorse spirituality as a source of both solace and strain. Studies show that some grievers struggle significantly with both their relationship with God and their faith community, a condition known as complicated spiritual grief (CSG). However, researchers have lacked a simple, multidimensional, well-validated, grief-specific measure of CSG. In this brief report, we reviewed the psychometric validation process and clinical utility of a measure called the Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief (ICSG), which was tested with 304 Christian grievers. The 18-item ICSG was shown to have strong internal consistency, high test-retest reliability, and convergent and incremental validity and supported a two-factor model, measuring one's insecurity with God and the disruption in one's religious practice.
ISSN:2077-1444
Enthält:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel7060067