Development of a self-administered questionnaire to measure material adjustment and material attitudes during pregnancy and after delivery

Kumar, Ramesh; Robson, Kay Mordecai; Smith, Alan

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(84)90039-4

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“…The content structure of the factors are similar to that generated by other measures of pregnancyspecific stress 13,[34][35][36]62 . These include changes in body image, somatic symptoms, concerns about delivery and the baby's well-being, and changes in social relationships and status among partners, family, and friends intimate relationships with partners.…”

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“…A relatively unrecognized methodological issue in measuring stress during pregnancy is that pregnancy itself presents unique psychological and social challenges [31][32][33] ; thus failure to measure pregnancy-specific sources can underestimate maternal distress. Pregnancy-specific measures have not been commonly included in studies on birth outcomes, but efforts to develop such scales have identified a wide range of concerns unique to pregnant women 9,[34][35][36] . Some scales were designed to be used only with low income or high risk populations 37,38 ; others have focused on pregnancy-related anxiety 39 .…”

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Measuring the ups and downs of pregnancy stress

DiPietro

Ghera

Costigan

et al. 2004

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Despite substantial interest in the effects of stress on pregnancy, few instruments are available to measure pregnancy-specific stressors. Moreover, research has typically focused on the distressing, negative aspects of pregnancy. This report examines the reliability and validity of the Pregnancy Experience Scale (PES), a 41-item scale that measures pregnancy-specific daily hassles and uplifts. The PES was administered to two cohorts of low risk women at 24, 30, and 36 weeks (n = 52) or 32 and 38 weeks (n = 137). Women perceived their pregnancies to be significantly more intensely and frequently uplifting than hassling. Internal scale reliability was high (a = 0.91 to 0.95). Frequency and intensity scores for hassles and uplifts were stable over time (r's = 0.56 to 0.83) and patterns of convergent and discriminant validity emerged between the PES and existing measures of general affective intensity, daily stressors, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. These results indicate that (1) failure to measure pregnancy-specific stress will underestimate the degree to which pregnant women experience distress and (2) measurement of only the negative aspects of pregnancy will overestimate distress and fail to portray the degree to which women are psychologically elevated by their pregnancies. Measurement of hassles relative to uplifts may provide the most balanced assessment of pregnancy appraisal.

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Measuring the ups and downs of pregnancy stress

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Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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“…Another area of research aims to analyse the factors that have a significant influence on the process of adaptation to motherhood. The attitudes of pregnant women towards motherhood and the unborn child play an important role among the determinants influencing the ability of a woman to adapt to motherhood (Kumar, Robson, & Smith, 1984;Wan et al, 2011).…”

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Measurement of women’s prenatal attitudes towards maternity and pregnancy and analysis of their predictors

Ilska¹,

Przybyła-Basista²

2014

Health Psychology Report

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Research shows that the ability of a woman to adapt to motherhood can be influenced by her attitude towards motherhood and the unborn child during pregnancy. The main goal of the current article is to analyse the maternal attitudes shaped during the prenatal period of the child's development. This goal was associated with fulfilling two research tasks. The first task was to adapt a tool to measure prenatal attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy to Polish conditions, including some modifications of the tool, and to present the results of that adaptation. The second research task was to investigate selected factors influencing the development of prenatal attitudes. participants and procedureThe study was carried out in two stages. The first stage of the research, conducted with 227 pregnant women, was to adapt the PRE-MAMA questionnaire. All of the subjects were primiparous women aged between 18 and 39 years (M = 26.84), inhabitants of southern Poland. 137 pregnant women from the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland were questioned in the second part of the study. These women were divided into two groups (68 women with a normal course of pregnancy and 69 women with high-risk pregnancies). The mean age of the women approached 30 years (M = 29.78). resultsThe results of the first stage of the current research indicate satisfactory psychometric properties of the Kwestionariusz Postaw wobec Macierzyństwa i Ciąży (Polish for: Attitudes towards Motherhood and Pregnancy Questionnaire, abbreviated as PRE-MAMA), composed of 11 sta tements.Stepwise multiple regression analysis used in the second stage of research revealed that predictors of attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy include prenatal worries of the pregnant women, planning of the pregnancy and a medical history of miscarriage. conclusionsOur research points at two important results. First, the PRE-MAMA questionnaire was assessed positively, and it can be stated that this tool can be used in further scientific research concerned with the issues of functioning of pregnant women and their attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy. Second, the preliminary results suggest, among other things, the importance of fears/concerns, perception of the pregnancy as planned or unplanned as well as previously experienced miscarriages for the formation of women's attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy. key words pregnancy; prenatal period; attitudes; maternity; predictors of attitudes

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“…25 However, in the study by Figueiredo, 19 the latter dimension showed a correlation measure that was lower than the expected minimum. This suggests that, in the Portuguese version, the attitudes related to pregnancy and fetus (r=0.48), together with somatic symptoms (r=0.62), 19 appear to demonstrate problems regarding the verification of the same construct of the other subscales and, therefore, they need revision.…”

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“…19 The latter showed an even lower result in the original version (r=0.58). 25 The split-half coefficient or estimated Spearman-Brown reliability refers to the correlation between the components of the two halves of a scale. Values closer to 1.0 show high consistency between the halves of the tool and the test in its entirety.…”

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Factors associated with administration of analgesics for children with forearm fracture

Seo¹,

Kim²,

Lee³

et al. 2017

Pediatr Emerg Med J

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Objective: To identify and describe research tools used to evaluate bonding between mother and child up to one year of age, as well as to provide information on reliability and validity measures related to these tools. Data source: Research studies available on PUBMED, LILACS, ScienceDirect, PsycINFO and CINAHL databases with the following descriptors: mother-child relations and mother infant relationship, as well as the expressions validity, reliability and scale. Data synthesis: 23 research studies were selected and fully analyzed. Thirteen evaluation research tools were identified concerning mother and child attachment: seven scales, three questionnaires, two inventories and one observation method. From all tools analyzed, the Prenatal Attachment Inventory presented the higher validity and reliability measures to assess mother and fetus relation during pregnancy. Concerning the puerperal period, better consistency coefficients were found for Maternal Attachment Inventory and Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire. Besides, the last one revealed a higher sensibility to identify amenable and severe disorders in the affective relations between mother and child. Conclusions: The majority of research tools are reliable to study the phenomenon presented, although there are some limitations regarding the construct and criterion related to validity. In addition to this, only two of them are translated into Portuguese and adapted to women and children populations in Brazil, being a decisive gap to scientific production in this area. 258Perrelli JGA et al. PALAVRAS-CHAVERelações mãe-filho; Comportamento materno; Reprodutibilidade dos testes Instrumentos de avaliação do vínculo entre mãe e bebê ResumoObjetivo: Identificar os instrumentos utilizados na avaliação do vínculo entre mãe e bebê com até um ano de vida, descrevê-los e fornecer informações sobre suas medidas de confiabilidade, validade e adaptação para o contexto brasileiro. Fonte de dados: Trata-se de um estudo de revisão integrativa realizado com base nas publicações contidas nas bases de dados PUBMED, LILACS, ScienceDirect, PsycINFO e CINAHL. Utilizaram-se os descritores mother-child relations e mother infant relationship, e as expressões validity, reliability e scale. Selecionaram-se 23 pesquisas, que foram lidas em sua integralidade. Síntese dos dados: Foram identificados 13 instrumentos de avaliação do apego entre mãe e bebê: sete escalas, três questionários, dois inventários e um método de observação. Do total de ferramentas analisadas, o Prenatal Attachment Inventory apresentou maior validade e confiabilidade para analisar a relação entre a mãe e o feto durante a gestação. Quanto ao período puerperal, foram encontrados melhores coeficientes de consistência interna para o Maternal Attachment Inventory e o Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire. Além disso, esse último revelou elevada sensibilidade para identificar disfunções leves e graves nas relações afetivas entre mãe e bebê. Conclusões: Verificou-se que a maioria dos instrumentos é confiável para estudar...

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Development of a self-administered questionnaire to measure material adjustment and material attitudes during pregnancy and after delivery

Cited by 133 publications

References 20 publications

Measuring the ups and downs of pregnancy stress

Measuring the ups and downs of pregnancy stress

Measurement of women’s prenatal attitudes towards maternity and pregnancy and analysis of their predictors

Factors associated with administration of analgesics for children with forearm fracture

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