Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
J Clin Psychol. 2020 Oct;76(10):1995-2014. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22977. Epub 2020 Jun 1.
OBJECTIVE(S): Yearning, a hallmark of grief disorders, relates to rumination and potentially to cognitive avoidance. We developed an 8-item short form of the only existing validated yearning measure, the Yearning in Situations of Loss Scale (YSL), to improve its validity and administration ease.
Cross-sectional surveys were conducted among bereaved Dutch (N = 313) and German (N = 235) community samples and an American treatment-seeking sample (N = 95). All samples completed the YSL, and community samples additionally measures of rumination, loss-related avoidance, complicated grief (CG), and depression.
A one-factor model provided a good fit to the YSL Short Form (YSL-SF) in the community samples. A two-factor structure (cognitive and emotional yearning)best fitted the YSL-SF in the treatment-seeking sample. YSL-SF scores correlated positively with rumination, loss-related avoidance, and with CG symptoms whilst controlling for rumination and loss-related avoidance.
The YSL-SF appears an easy-to-administer and valid measure of yearning after bereavement.
渴望是悲伤障碍的一个标志,与沉思有关,可能与认知回避有关。我们开发了唯一已验证的渴望测量量表——失落情境中的渴望量表(YSL)的 8 项简短形式,以提高其有效性和管理便利性。
在荷兰(N=313)和德国(N=235)社区样本以及美国寻求治疗的样本(N=95)中进行了横断面调查。所有样本都完成了 YSL,社区样本还测量了沉思、与丧失相关的回避、复杂悲伤(CG)和抑郁。
在社区样本中,单因素模型为 YSL 简短形式(YSL-SF)提供了良好的拟合。在寻求治疗的样本中,双因素结构(认知和情感渴望)为 YSL-SF 提供了最佳拟合。在控制沉思和与丧失相关的回避后,YSL-SF 得分与沉思、与丧失相关的回避以及 CG 症状呈正相关。
YSL-SF 似乎是一种易于管理和有效的丧亲后渴望测量工具。