The Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief

Assessing Spiritual Crisis Following Loss

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3347883
AutoresLaurie A Burke (0000-0003-3049-2950, University of Memphis, autor de correspondencia), Laurie Burke, Robert A Neimeyer (0000-0002-6918-3445, University of Memphis), Robert Neimeyer
Año2016
Volumen7
Número6
Páginas67
Fecha de publicación2016-06-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel7060067
OpenAlexW2419238949
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas20

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

Complicated grief · Convergent validity · Faith · Grief · Internal consistency · Psychometrics · Psychotherapist · Spiritual care · Spirituality · Theology · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology