title: Measuring parental grief after childhood cancer: potential use of the SCL-90R.
abstract: To contribute to a better understanding of the utility of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90R; L. Derogatis, 1983) with bereaved samples, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted on SCL-90R responses of 97 parents 2 years after the death of their child from cancer.  The factor analysis revealed one significant factor that accounted for 30% of the variance in this administration.  This factor included many items that reflected the theme of somatic complaints.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gilliss
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Martinson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires