Cross-cultural development and psychometric evaluation of a measure to assess fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy
dc.contributor.author | Stoll, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hauck, Yvonne | |
dc.contributor.author | Downe, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Edmonds, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gross, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Malott, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | McNiven, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Swift, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomson, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:38:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:38:09Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-03-23T19:30:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stoll, K. and Hauck, Y. and Downe, S. and Edmonds, J. and Gross, M. and Malott, A. and McNiven, P. et al. 2015. Cross-cultural development and psychometric evaluation of a measure to assess fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. 8: pp. 49-54. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23598 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.02.004 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2016. Background: Assessment of childbirth fear, in advance of pregnancy, and early identification of modifiable factors contributing to fear can inform public health initiatives and/or school-based educational programming for the next generation of maternity care consumers. We developed and evaluated a short fear of birth scale that incorporates the most common dimensions of fear reported by men and women prior to pregnancy, fear of: labour pain, being out of control and unable to cope with labour and birth, complications, and irreversible physical damage. Methods: University students in six countries (Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Iceland, and the United States, n = 2240) participated in an online survey to assess their fears and attitudes about birth. We report internal consistency reliability, corrected-item-to-total correlations, factor loadings and convergent and discriminant validity of the new scale. Results: The Childbirth Fear - Prior to Pregnancy (CFPP) scale showed high internal consistency across samples (a > 0.86). All corrected-item-to total correlations exceeded 0.45, supporting the uni-dimensionality of the scale. Construct validity of the CFPP was supported by a high correlation between the new scale and a two-item visual analogue scale that measures fear of birth (r > 0.6 across samples). Weak correlations of the CFPP with scores on measures that assess related psychological states (anxiety, depression and stress) support the discriminant validity of the scale. Conclusion: The CFPP is a short, reliable and valid measure of childbirth fear among young women and men in six countries who plan to have children. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd | |
dc.title | Cross-cultural development and psychometric evaluation of a measure to assess fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1877-5756 | |
dcterms.source.title | Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare | |
curtin.department | School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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