Persistent complex bereavement symptoms explain impairments above depression, posttraumatic stress, and separation anxiety: an incremental validity study

Death Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 634-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherman A. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Validity Study ◽  
Persistent Complex Bereavement

Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Symptoms Predict Grief Interview Emotions

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282091901
Author(s):  
Sherman A. Lee ◽  
Mary C. Jobe ◽  
Amanda A. Mathis ◽  
Jeffrey A. Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Behavioral Observation ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioral Measure ◽  
Primary Method ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Persistent Complex Bereavement ◽  
Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder

This study examined persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD) symptoms’ ability to predict emotional reactions of 69 bereaved adults who participated in grief interviews. The results supported the predictive validity of PCBD symptoms for both self-report and behavioral observation measures of sadness but with only one behavioral measure of happiness. Furthermore, PCBD symptoms uniquely predicted sadness in all but one measure of that emotion while accounting for symptoms of depression, posttraumatic stress, and separation anxiety. Because interviews are the primary method of psychological evaluation for clinicians, these findings collectively support the validity of the PCBD construct.

scholarly journals Predictive Validity toward Job Performance of General and Specific Mental Abilities. A Validity Study across Different Occupational Groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jaroslaw Grobelny
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Validity Study ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
General Mental Ability ◽  
Importance Analysis ◽  
Mental Abilities ◽  
Validity Theory

There are two main views on the role of cognitive abilities in job performance prediction. The first approach is based on meta-analysis and incremental validity analysis research and the main assumption is that general mental ability (GMA) is the best job performance predictor regardless of the occupation. The second approach, referred to as specific validity theory, assumes that job-unique weighting of different specific mental abilities (SMA) is a better predictor of job performance than GMA and occupational context cannot be ignored when job performance is predicted. The validity study of both GMA and SMA as predictors of job performance across different occupational groups (N = 4033, k = 15) was conducted. The results were analyzed by calculating observed validity coefficients and with the use of the incremental validity and the relative importance analysis. The results supports the specific validity theory – SMA proved to be a valid job performance predictor and occupational context moderated GMA validity.

Is there more to complicated grief than depression and posttraumatic stress disorder? A test of incremental validity.

2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Bonanno ◽  
Yuval Neria ◽  
Anthony Mancini ◽  
Karin G. Coifman ◽  
Brett Litz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Complicated Grief ◽  
Incremental Validity

scholarly journals Reciprocal Associations Among Symptom Levels of Disturbed Grief, Posttraumatic Stress, and Depression Following Traumatic Loss: A Four-Wave Cross-Lagged Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1330-1339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lonneke I. M. Lenferink ◽  
Angela Nickerson ◽  
Jos de Keijser ◽  
Geert E. Smid ◽  
Paul A. Boelen
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression Symptom ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Traumatic Loss ◽  
Persistent Complex Bereavement ◽  
Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder ◽  
Reciprocal Associations

Disturbed grief, operationalized as persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), correlates with yet differs from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms. However, knowledge about temporal associations among these symptoms is limited. We aimed to enhance our understanding of the etiology of loss-related distress by examining temporal associations among PCBD, PTSD, and depression symptom levels. Dutch people ( N = 172) who lost significant other(s) in a plane disaster completed questionnaires for PCBD, PTSD, and depression 11, 22, 31, and 42 months after the disaster. Cross-lagged analyses revealed that changes in PCBD symptom levels have a greater impact on changes in symptom levels of PTSD and depression than vice versa. Our findings contradict the notion that PTSD and depression symptoms should be addressed before grief in treatment. Pending replication of our findings in clinical samples, we tentatively conclude that screening and treatment of grief symptoms has potential value in preventing long-lasting distress.

The State Adult Attachment Measure (SAAM): A construct and incremental validity study

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 251-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Trentini ◽  
Renato Foschi ◽  
Marco Lauriola ◽  
Renata Tambelli
Keyword(s):  
Adult Attachment ◽  
The State ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Validity Study

scholarly journals A multimethod screening approach for pediatric depression onset: An incremental validity study.

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Cohen ◽  
Hena Thakur ◽  
Katie L. Burkhouse ◽  
Brandon E. Gibb
Keyword(s):  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Validity Study ◽  
Screening Approach ◽  
Pediatric Depression

scholarly journals Trauma-Related Psychopathology in Iraqi Refugee Youth Resettled in the United States, and Comparison With an Ethnically Similar Refugee Sample: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana Ruvolo Grasser ◽  
Luay Haddad ◽  
Suzanne Manji ◽  
Shervin Assari ◽  
Cynthia Arfken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms ◽  
Refugee Youth ◽  
Syrian Refugee ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Iraqi Refugee

BackgroundConflict in Iraq has displaced millions of refugee youth. Warzone exposure and forced migration have unique acute and chronic impacts on youth, yet effects of exposure may not be universal across diverse refugee groups. Understanding how youth from various refugee groups are differentially affected by stress and trauma is critical to allocate resources and implement screening measures with the goal of providing early intervention.MethodTo identify the effects of warzone exposure and forced migration, a convenience sample of 48 Iraqi refugee youth ages 6–17 was assessed within the first month of arrival to the United States. Youth provided self-reported severity of posttraumatic stress and anxiety symptoms; symptom severity was then compared with an existing sample of 135 Syrian refugee youth to explore whether refugee youth of different nationalities experience the same effects of warzone exposure and forced migration. These data are the baseline for a longitudinal developmental study of refugee health, which also includes parental data.ResultsSeverity of separation anxiety and negative alterations in cognition and mood were the greatest symptomatic concerns in Iraqi refugee youth. Thirty-eight percent of responding Iraqi youth showed possible indication of an anxiety disorder. Severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms was lower in Iraqi youth compared to Syrian youth. For both Iraqi and Syrian refugee youth, separation anxiety was the most significant concern, with more than 80% of both samples showing a possible indication of clinically significant separation anxiety.ConclusionThe present observational study indicated that Iraqi refugee youth experience a range of anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms following warzone exposure and forced migration; posttraumatic stress symptoms were less severe in Iraqi versus Syrian youth. Comparing refugee youth of different nationalities is of particular importance, as our results demonstrate that findings from one refugee population cannot easily be generalized to another. Clinical and research efforts should prioritize interventions to address separation anxiety in refugee youth, which was of concern in both samples.

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