TY - JOUR
T1 - A Psychometric Analysis of the Spanish Version of the Grief Impairment Scale
T2 - A Screening Tool of Biopsychosocial Grief-Related Functional Impairment in a Salvadoran Sample
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Lee, Sherman A.
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elías
AU - Flores-Monterrosa, Angélica Nohemy
AU - Tejada Rodríguez, Jennyfer Carolina
AU - Chacón-Andrade, Edgardo René
AU - Marroquín-Carpio, Wendy Carolina
AU - Carbajal-León, Carlos
AU - Reyes-Bossio, Mario
AU - Delgado-Campusano, Mariel
AU - Torales, Julio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The objective of this study was to translate and psychometrically evaluate a Spanish version of the Grief Impairment Scale (GIS) using a sample of bereaved adults from El Salvador (N = 579). The results confirm the unidimensional structure of the GIS, and solid reliability, item characteristics, and criterion-related validity, where the GIS scale significantly and positively predicts depression. However, this instrument only showed evidence of configural and metric invariance between different sex groups. Overall, these results support the Spanish version of the GIS as a psychometrically sound screening tool for health professionals and researchers to use in their clinical work.
AB - The objective of this study was to translate and psychometrically evaluate a Spanish version of the Grief Impairment Scale (GIS) using a sample of bereaved adults from El Salvador (N = 579). The results confirm the unidimensional structure of the GIS, and solid reliability, item characteristics, and criterion-related validity, where the GIS scale significantly and positively predicts depression. However, this instrument only showed evidence of configural and metric invariance between different sex groups. Overall, these results support the Spanish version of the GIS as a psychometrically sound screening tool for health professionals and researchers to use in their clinical work.
KW - El Salvador
KW - bereavement
KW - functional impairment
KW - psychometrics
KW - validity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85159056107&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00302228231175383
DO - 10.1177/00302228231175383
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85159056107
SN - 0030-2228
JO - Omega (United States)
JF - Omega (United States)
ER -