I am looking at possible predictor variables of PTSD, anxiety & depression, complicated grief and poor adjustment and physical health following sudden and unexpected bereavement.
Hi Rhian: As you know we developed a measure of empathy based guilt, the Interpersonal Guilt Questionnaire (IGQ-67) with subscales of "omnipotent responsibility guilt," "survivor guilt, " "separation guilt," and "self-hate." I hope you received all the material I sent you and that you are finding it helpful. Our lab is the Emotion, Personality & Altruism Research Group (EPARG) at www.eparg.org
CMT control Mastery theory of psychotherapy speaks a lot about the role of omnipotent responsibility and guilt in the development of pathogenic beliefs it's worth looking into there's a whole stash free articles offered by dr Allen Rappaport on his website he's based in San Francisco
I"m from the control mastery group, and our measure of omnipotent/survivor guilt has been used world wide. I developed the measure wiht Jack Berry and Joe Weiss. Go to our web site at www.eparg.org and you will fine studies using the measure online. I've mentioned this above, hope you get into our materials. And yes Allen also has materials on his web site .
Ms. O'Connor, I've tried to follow your instructions to find the IGQ on your website to no avail. Is there any way you could send me a PDF copy of the measure? I may be reached at [email protected]