Development of a Modified Instrument to Measure Anticipatory Grieving in Jordanian Parents of Children Diagnosed With Cancer The Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Inventory Childhood Cancer

作者：Al Gamal Ekhlas^*; Long Tony; Livesley Joan

来源：Cancer Nursing, 2009, 32(3): 211-219.

• Anticipatory grief
• Cancer
• Caregiving
• Child
• Instrument development
• Jordan
• Marwit-Meuser Caregiver
• Inventory
• Nursing
• Parents

The purpose of this article is to report on the development and field testing for validity and reliability of a modified version of the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Inventory (MM-CGI) for the assessment of anticipatory grief among Jordanian parents of children with cancer (the MM-CGI Childhood Cancer). In 2006, a 50-item MM-CGI Childhood Cancer was administered to 140 Jordanian parents living with a child with cancer. The Cronbach alpha coefficient for the total Instrument was .95, and Cronbach alpha coefficients for each of the 3 subscales was .91 for personal sacrifice burden, .90 for heartfelt sadness and longing, and .86 for worry and felt isolation. The construct validity of this instrument was supported by demonstrating a significant and positive correlation with the Anticipatory Grief Scale. The MM-CGI Childhood Cancer demonstrated strong convergent validity and excellent internal consistency reliability. However, further testing with a larger sample to facilitate factor analysis is needed to complete the validation process.

• 出版日期2009-6