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“Every time that month comes, I remember”: using cognitive interviews to adapt grief measures for use with bereaved adolescents in South Africa

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 28 , issue 2 , 2016 , pages: 163–174

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2016.1210154

Author(s): Tory M Taylor Highly Vulnerable Children Research Center, School of Social Work, USA , Tonya R Thurman Highly Vulnerable Children Research Center, School of Social Work, USA , Lineo Nogela UNFURL Human Capital Development, South Africa

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Abstract

Objective: To assess standard grief measures through cognitive interviews with bereaved adolescents in Free State, South Africa, and make recommendations designed to improve the measurement of grief in this and similar populations.

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