COVID-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and Its Relation to Suicidal Ideation

Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez; Pablo D. Valencia; Lindsey W. Vilca; Sherman A. Lee; Carlos Carbajal-León; Andrea Vivanco-Vidal; Daniela Saroli-Araníbar; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Michel White; Claudio Rojas-Jara; Roberto Polanco-Carrasco; Miguel Gallegos; Mauricio Cervigni; Pablo Martino; Diego Alejandro Palacios; Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera; Antonio Samaniego-Pinho; Marlon Elías Lobos Rivera; Andrés Buschiazzo Figares; Diana Ximena Puerta-Cortés; Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes; Raymundo Calderón; Bismarck Pinto Tapia; Ilka Franco Ferrari; Carmen Flores-Mendoza; Walter L.Arias Gallegos

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COVID-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and Its Relation to Suicidal Ideation

Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Pablo D. Valencia, Lindsey W. Vilca, Sherman A. Lee, Carlos Carbajal-León, Andrea Vivanco-Vidal, Daniela Saroli-Araníbar, Mario Reyes-Bossio, Michel White, Claudio Rojas-Jara, Roberto Polanco-Carrasco, Miguel Gallegos, Mauricio Cervigni, Pablo Martino, Diego Alejandro Palacios, Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Antonio Samaniego-Pinho, Marlon Elías Lobos Rivera, Andrés Buschiazzo Figares, Diana Ximena Puerta-CortésIbraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes, Raymundo Calderón, Bismarck Pinto Tapia, Ilka Franco Ferrari, Carmen Flores-Mendoza, Walter L.Arias Gallegos

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The present study aimed to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) in ten Latin American countries. A total of 2,321 people who had lost a family member or other loved one due to COVID-19 participated, with a mean age of 34.22 years old (SD = 11.99). In addition to the PGS, a single item of suicidal ideation was applied. The unidimensional model of the PGS had adequate fit in most countries and good reliability estimates. There was evidence of measurement invariance by country and gender. Also, a one-point increase in the PGS was associated with an almost twofold increase in the odds of suicidal ideation. Scores greater than or equal to 4 on the PGS are proposed as a cut off to identify individuals with suicidal ideation. Strong evidence of the cross-cultural validity of the PGS is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	591-619
Number of pages	29
Journal	Omega (United States)
Volume	88
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228211048566
State	Published - Dec 2023

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COVID-19
Latin America
cross-cultural
grief
invariance

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Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Valencia, P. D., Vilca, L. W., Lee, S. A., Carbajal-León, C., Vivanco-Vidal, A., Saroli-Araníbar, D., Reyes-Bossio, M., White, M., Rojas-Jara, C., Polanco-Carrasco, R., Gallegos, M., Cervigni, M., Martino, P., Palacios, D. A., Moreta-Herrera, R., Samaniego-Pinho, A., Rivera, M. E. L., Figares, A. B., ... Gallegos, W. L. A. (2023). COVID-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and Its Relation to Suicidal Ideation. Omega (United States), 88(2), 591-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228211048566

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COVID-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and Its Relation to Suicidal Ideation

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