1. Translation and Psychometric Analysis of the Japanese Version of the Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale
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Mari Kurokawa, Akio Yamamoto, and Satoshi Takada
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Psychometrics ,Intraclass correlation ,Critical Care Nursing ,Pediatrics ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Japan ,Cronbach's alpha ,Pregnancy ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,030225 pediatrics ,Maternity and Midwifery ,Content validity ,Humans ,Reliability (statistics) ,Self-efficacy ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Parenting ,Infant ,Reproducibility of Results ,Construct validity ,Self Efficacy ,Scale (social sciences) ,Female ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
To translate the Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMP S-E) scale to Japanese and test its psychometric properties among Japanese mothers of low-birth-weight (LBW) infants.Descriptive psychometric study.NICUs in two regional perinatal care centers in the Kinki region of Japan.Seventy-nine Japanese mothers of LBW infants hospitalized in NICUs.First, we translated the PMP S-E scale into Japanese and assessed its face and content validity. Second, we assessed the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion-related and construct validity of the Japanese version of the PMP S-E (JPMP S-E) with data from Japanese mothers of LBW infants.The JPMP S-E mean score was 53.0 (SD = 7.1); the total scores ranged from 38 to 68. The intraclass correlation coefficient of test-retest reliability was .75, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .90. With regard to criterion-related validity, we found a significant positive correlation between the JPMP S-E and the Maternal Attachment Inventory Japanese version (r = .45, p .001), but no correlation existed between the JPMP S-E and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (r = .21, p = .06). We evaluated construct validity using confirmatory factor analysis to assess whether the model fit the previously determined structure of the PMP S-E. The model fit was moderate in the confirmatory factor analysis (comparative fit index = .63, goodness-of-fit index = .63, root mean square error of approximation = .15).We found adequate estimates of reliability and moderate indicators of validity for the JPMP S-E, which support the use of the tool for clinical and research purposes.
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- 2021