title: The bereavement phenomenology questionnaire: a single factor only.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Bereavement Phenomenology Questionnaire (BPQ).
  
  
  METHODS
  Continuous data were compared using two tailed t-tests and analysis of variance. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.93) with a single factor has been found. The BPQ discriminates the intensity of grief between widows and widowers, spouses and offspring, and temporally between acute and later phases of bereavement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although on the BPQ items are highly correlated and only a single factor has emerged, it remains nonetheless a valid and reliable scale for the measurement of grief.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Palliative Care, University of Melbourne, Kew, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kissane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: McKenzie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires