A Critical Analysis of the Pandemic Grief Scale: Screening People for “Dysfunctional Grief” after a COVID-19 Death (Schuurman, 2021)

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On December 21, 2020, Death Studies journal published an article titled “Pandemic Grief Scale: A screening tool for dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 loss” (Lee & Neimeyer, 2020). To read the article, here is a reference link.

My analysis of the article centers in three areas of concern: some of the language used; the methodology utilized to develop the scale, limiting its generalizability; and the scale’s validity and reliability as a construct.

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