MEASURING PARENTAL GRIEF AFTER CHILDHOOD-CANCER - POTENTIAL USE OF THE SCL-90R

To contribute to a better understanding of the utility of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90R; L. Derogatis, 1983) with bereaved sampl es, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted on SCL-90R responses of 97 parents 2 years after the death of their child from cancer. The factor analysis revealed one significant factor that accounted for 30 % of the variance in this administration. This factor included many it ems that reflected the theme of somatic complaints.