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Measurement invariance of the Grief Facilitation Inventory with respect to youth gender, race, ethnicity, and age.

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Title: Measurement invariance of the Grief Facilitation Inventory with respect to youth gender, race, ethnicity, and age.
Authors: Alvis, Lauren, Oosterhoff, Benjamin, Hoppe, Rebecca, Giang, Christopher, Kaplow, Julie B.
Source: Death Studies. 2025, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p816-821. 6p.
Subjects: Research funding, Sex distribution, Questionnaires, Research methodology evaluation, Hispanic Americans, Psychological adaptation, Age distribution, Descriptive statistics, White people, Race, Black people, Psychometrics, Research methodology, Psychology of caregivers, Grief, Factor analysis, Sociodemographic factors, Comparative studies, Social support, Minorities, Adolescence, Children
Abstract: The Grief Facilitation Inventory (GFI) assesses caregiver grief facilitation behaviors among bereaved youth. Initial analyses supported the GFI's reliability and validity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate measurement invariance of the GFI across gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Participants were 558 clinic-referred youth aged 7–18 (58.8% female; 43.6% Latino(a), 24.9% White, 14.9% Black, 16.6% Multiracial). Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses provided evidence of measurement invariance for ongoing connection, caregiver grief expression, and existential continuity and support—but not grief inhibition/avoidance—across subgroups. Results suggest that ongoing connection, caregiver grief expression, and existential continuity and support are measuring similar constructs, to a similar degree, across demographics, thereby supporting generalizability and clinical utility of these subscales. The grief inhibition/avoidance subscale should be used with caution and interpreted in the context of low reliability for Black, Latino(a), and younger youth, with further research needed to improve conceptualization and measurement of this subscale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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