title: Traumatic grief as a disorder distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety: a replication study with bereaved mental health care patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Earlier studies have shown that symptoms of traumatic grief are distinct from those of bereavement-related depression and anxiety. This study was an attempt to replicate that finding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were derived from 103 patients. Traumatic grief was measured with the Inventory of Traumatic Grief. Depression and anxiety were measured with the Symptom Checklist. The distinctiveness of the three symptom clusters was determined with principal axis factoring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Symptoms of traumatic grief, depression, and anxiety clustered together in three distinct factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results confirm the previous finding of a distinction between symptoms of traumatic grief and symptoms of bereavement-related depression and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht Unversity, The Netherland. P.Boelen@fss.uu.nl
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Boelen
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van den Bout
authors.forename: Jos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Keijser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001601:Bereavement; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States