Assessment of grief-related rumination: validation of the German version of the Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bereavement can result in severe mental health problems, including persistent, severe and disabling grief symptoms, termed complicated grief. Grief rumination (i.e., repetitive thought about the causes and consequences of the loss) is a malleable cognitive risk-factor in adjustment to bereavement. The Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS) was recently developed to assess grief rumination. The present study aimed to develop and validate a German version of the UGRS.

Methods

An online survey including measures of demographic and loss-related variables, grief rumination (UGRS), depressive rumination (brooding and reflection), and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and complicated grief, was administered online among 159 persons (87% women) who had lost a first-degree r

SUBMITTER: Doering BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5807860 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature