Complicated grief, depression, and anxiety as distinct postloss syndromes: a confirmatory factor analysis study

Abstract

Objective: The authors used confirmatory factor analysis to replicate earlier findings that complicated grief, depression, and anxiety are distinct syndromes.

Method: Data were derived from 1,321 bereaved individuals. Complicated grief was measured with the Inventory of Traumatic Grief. Depression and anxiety were measured with the SCL-90.

Results: A model in which symptoms of complicated grief, depression, and anxiety loaded on separate factors was superior to a one-factor model, revealed good model fit, and was invariant across subgroups.

Conclusions: Previous findings of a distinction among complicated grief, depression, and anxiety were confirmed.