title: Development of a modified instrument to measure anticipatory grieving in Jordanian parents of children diagnosed with cancer: the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Inventory Childhood Cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to report on the development and field testing for validity and reliability of a modified version of the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Inventory (MM-CGI) for the assessment of anticipatory grief among Jordanian parents of children with cancer (the MM-CGI Childhood Cancer). In 2006, a 50-item MM-CGI Childhood Cancer was administered to 140 Jordanian parents living with a child with cancer. The Cronbach alpha coefficient for the total instrument was .95, and Cronbach alpha coefficients for each of the 3 subscales was .91 for personal sacrifice burden, .90 for heartfelt sadness and longing, and .86 for worry and felt isolation. The construct validity of this instrument was supported by demonstrating a significant and positive correlation with the Anticipatory Grief Scale. The MM-CGI Childhood Cancer demonstrated strong convergent validity and excellent internal consistency reliability. However, further testing with a larger sample to facilitate factor analysis is needed to complete the validation process.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. e.a.al-gamal@pgr.salford.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ekhlas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Al-Gamal
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Livesley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations