Yearning and Its Measurement in Complicated Grief

Donald J. Robinaugh; Christine Mauro; Eric Bui; Lauren Stone; Riva Shah; Yuanjia Wang; Natalia A. Skritskaya; Charles F. Reynolds; Sidney Zisook; Mary Frances O’Connor; Katherine Shear; Naomi M. Simon

doi:10.1080/15325024.2015.1110447

Yearning and Its Measurement in Complicated Grief

Donald J. Robinaugh, Christine Mauro, Eric Bui, Lauren Stone, Riva Shah, Yuanjia Wang, Natalia A. Skritskaya, Charles F. Reynolds, Sidney Zisook, Mary Frances O’Connor, Katherine Shear, Naomi M. Simon

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Abstract

Persistent intense yearning for the deceased is a core clinical feature of complicated grief (CG) that distinguishes it from other mental disorders that develop following loss. The Yearning in Situations of Loss Scale (YSL) is a recently developed assessment of yearning. To assess the psychometric properties of the YSL in those with CG, we administered the YSL, Inventory of Complicated Grief, and Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology to 303 treatment-seeking bereaved adults with CG. Our results suggest the YSL is a reliable assessment with acceptable convergent and discriminant validity as a measure of yearning in those with CG.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	410-420
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Loss and Trauma
Volume	21
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2015.1110447
State	Published - Sep 2 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Assessment
bereavement
complicated grief
longing
yearning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Phychiatric Mental Health
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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