Li Jie, Stroebe Magaret, Chan Cecilia L W, Chow Amy Y M
1 Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China.
2 Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Omega (Westport). 2017 Jun;75(2):166-183. doi: 10.1177/0030222815612309. Epub 2015 Oct 25.
The rationale, development, and validation of the Bereavement Guilt Scale (BGS) are described in this article. The BGS was based on a theoretically developed, multidimensional conceptualization of guilt. Part 1 describes the generation of the item pool, derived from in-depth interviews, and review of the scientific literature. Part 2 details statistical analyses for further item selection (Sample 1, N = 273). Part 3 covers the psychometric properties of the emergent-BGS (Sample 2, N = 600, and Sample 3, N = 479). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a five-factor model fit the data best. Correlations of BGS scores with depression, anxiety, self-esteem, self-forgiveness, and mode of death were consistent with theoretical predictions, supporting the construct validity of the measure. The internal consistency and test-retest reliability were also supported. Thus, initial testing or examination suggests that the BGS is a valid tool to assess multiple components of bereavement guilt. Further psychometric testing across cultures is recommended.
本文介绍了丧亲内疚量表（BGS）的理论基础、编制过程及效度验证。BGS基于内疚的理论发展而来的多维概念化。第一部分描述了项目池的生成，该项目池来自深度访谈和科学文献回顾。第二部分详细介绍了进一步项目筛选的统计分析（样本1，N = 273）。第三部分涵盖了新出现的BGS的心理测量特性（样本2，N = 600，样本3，N = 479）。验证性因素分析表明，五因素模型最适合数据。BGS得分与抑郁、焦虑、自尊、自我宽恕和死亡方式的相关性与理论预测一致，支持了该量表的结构效度。内部一致性和重测信度也得到了支持。因此，初步测试表明BGS是评估丧亲内疚多个成分的有效工具。建议在不同文化中进行进一步的心理测量测试。
