Psychometric Properties of Maternal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire in a Population of Iranian Mothers

Abstract

Self-efficacy is an important indicator of a woman's successful transition to her maternal role and an important predictor of a mother's infant care behavior. This study aimed to evaluate the validity of the maternal self-efficacy scale in Iranian mothers. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 437 newly delivered mothers who were referred to health care centers in Bonab, Iran. A simple random sampling was performed. The research instrument included maternal self-efficacy. Translation validity was performed using the forward and backward translation method. Content validity was determined in qualitative (assessment of experts' opinions) and quantitative areas using the content validity ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI). Face validity was determined on 30 newly delivered mothers. To determine the construct validity, exploratory factor analysis was used. The reliability was determined in terms of reproducibility via Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) by test-retest and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha). CVI and CVR were 0.91 and 0.94 respectively. Further, the reliability was approved both in terms of reproducibility (ICC = 0.98) and internal consistency (a = 0.89).Construct validity was confirmed using exploratory factor analysis (KMO = 0.90, Bartlett's test p \ 0.001) for the scale. The findings supported the validity and reliability of the research instrument. Therefore, it is recommended that the instrument can be used in both clinical practice and research.

Association Between Maternal Sense of Competence and Self-Efficacy in Primiparous Women During Postpartum Period

“…3 U n C o r r e c t e d P r o o f childbirth to perform a psychometric evaluation of maternal self-efficacy questionnaire (22).…”

Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood

“…MPAS (Condon & Corkindale, 1998); PBS (Riera-Martin et al, 2018) n=6: MAAS (Golbasi et al, 2015); PAI (Celik & Ergin, 2020;Omani Samani et al, 2016); MFAS (Busonera et al, 2016); PBS (Riera-Martin et al, 2018); MAI (Shin & Kim, 2007) Self-efficacy n=7: MSQ (Teti & Gelfand, 1991); KPCS (Crncec et al, 2008); PE-scale (Leerkes & Crockenberg, 2002); (Barnes & Adamson-Macedo, 2007); ICS (Froman & Owen, 1989); PSE (Salonen et al, 2008); MCQ (Leiderman et al, 1973) n=3 : MSQ (Mirghafourvand et al, 2016); PE-scale (Shorey et al, 2018); PMP-SE (Vargas-Porras et al, 2020) Adaptation n=9: PSEQ (Lederman et al, 1979); CASE (Affonso et al, 1994); PAS (Wu & Hung, 2019); PPQ (Sheehan, 1981); PPSEQ (Lederman et al, 1981); WPL-R (Pridham & Chang, 1989); IPA (Affonso & Arizmendi, 1986); EMQ (Astbury, 1994); PAQ (O'Hara et al, 1992) n=2: PSEQ (Chou et al, 2005…”

“…Although it can be advised to involve parents and professionals to discuss the meaning of findings and to reflect on parents' needs, insights and priorities (Banner et al, 2019;HQIP, 2017), the development of most of the PROMS included in this review originate from the period before patient and public engagement emerged (Banner et al, 2019). However, when an instrument, that has been developed without a priori meaningful consultation or involvement of the target group of mothers/parents, applies a cut-off value to establish or form an opinion about successfulness or (Condon, 1993); PAI (Muller, 1993); MFAS (Cranley, 1981); PIL (Kleinveld et al, 2007); MPAS (Condon & Corkindale, 1998); PBS (Riera-Martin et al, 2018) n = 6: MAAS (Golbasi et al, 2015); PAI (Celik & Ergin, 2020;Omani Samani et al, 2016); MFAS (Busonera et al, 2016); PBS (Riera-Martin et al, 2018); MAI (Shin & Kim, 2007) Self-efficacy n = 7: MSQ (Teti & Gelfand, 1991); KPCS (Crncec et al, 2008); PE-scale (Leerkes & Crockenberg, 2002); PMP-SE (Barnes & Adamson-Macedo, 2007); ICS (Froman & Owen, 1989); PSE (Salonen et al, 2008); MCQ (Leiderman et al, 1973) n = 3 : MSQ (Mirghafourvand et al, 2016); PE-scale (Shorey et al, 2018); PMP-SE (Vargas-Porras et al, 2020) Adaptation n = 9: PSEQ (Lederman et al, 1979); CASE (Affonso et al, 1994); PAS (Wu & Hung, 2019); PPQ (Sheehan, 1981); PPSEQ (Lederman et al, 1981); WPL-R (Pridham & Chang, 1989); IPA (Affonso & Arizmendi, 1986); EMQ (Astbury, 1994); PAQ…”

Comparison of Maternal Self-efficacy and Infant Care Behavior Between Mothers with and Without Depression: A Case-Control Study

“…Each item has four options rated based on a Likert scale. The psychometric study of the questionnaire was conducted by Mirghafourvand et al (2016) (14) in Iran. The Infant Care Behavior questionnaire was developed by Jamalivand et al (15).…”