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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychometrics

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  • Complicated grief (CG), termed "persistent complex bereavement disorder" in DSM-5, requires further study.
  • No psychometric data currently exists for structured clinical interviews for CG.
  • The Structured Clinical Interview for Complicated Grief (SCI-CG) is a new 31-item clinician-administered instrument.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate the psychometric properties of the SCI-CG.
  • To assess the reliability and validity of the SCI-CG in a clinical population.

Main Methods:

  • 281 adults with CG seeking treatment were assessed using the SCI-CG.
  • Participants also completed measures of depression, PTSD, anxiety, and functional impairment.
  • Psychometric analyses included internal consistency, test-retest reliability, interrater reliability, and factor analysis.

Main Results:

  • The SCI-CG demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (α = .78).
  • Good test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.68) and excellent interrater reliability (ICC = 0.95) were observed.
  • Exploratory factor analysis supported a five-factor structure, explaining 50.3% of the variance.

Conclusions:

  • The clinician-rated SCI-CG is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing CG in treatment-seeking individuals.
  • The SCI-CG can facilitate the validation of diagnostic criteria for CG.
  • The SCI-CG is suitable for use in research and clinical practice.